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At least 24 people, including an Indonesian national, were burned alive in Bangladesh at a hotel owned by an Awami League leader after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country, local journalists and hospital sources reported on Tuesday.
The victims, mostly hotel guests, died late Monday night when a mob set fire to the Zabir Hotel, owned by Shahin Chakkladar, the district Awami League general secretary in Joshor.
A local journalist told PTI from Dhaka, "The dead included an Indonesian national."
Media reports indicated that an unidentified mob, opposed to the Awami League regime, ignited the ground floor of the hotel, causing the fire to quickly spread to the upper floors.
