Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Dhaka after the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, 32, was announced, to demand that his killers be arrested. Several buildings in the capital, including those housing the country's two leading newspapers, were set on fire, according to authorities, with staff trapped inside.

Sharif Osman Hadi had been receiving emergency medical treatment in Singapore after he was injured in an assassination attempt in Dhaka.