Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country on Monday, following more than a month of deadly anti-government protests.
A source close to the leader told AFP
Hasina, who has ruled since 2009, had defied weeks of demands for her to stand down but fled following a brutal day of unrest on Sunday in which nearly 100 people died.
Hasina, 76, fled the country by helicopter, a source close to the leader told AFP shortly after protesters had stormed her palace in Dhaka.
“Her security team asked her leave, she did not find any time to prepare”, the source said.
The source adding she left first by motorcade but then was flown out, without saying her destination. “She was later evacuated on a helicopter.”
