Anti-government student protests have intensified again in Bangladesh, leaving at least 95 people dead in clashes with security forces.

On the 4th, anti-government demonstrations led by student groups intensified across Bangladesh, and in the capital Dhaka, protesters turned violent, destroying an ambulance at the Medical University Hospital and setting cars on fire.

Security forces tried to quell the protests using tear gas and other methods, but violent clashes left 95 people, including a police officer, dead and hundreds injured, according to the Associated Press, citing local media.

Last month in Bangladesh, large-scale demonstrations against special quotas for civil service recruitment swept across the country, leaving around 150 people dead and more than 10,000 arrested.

The protests calmed down for the time being after the Supreme Court almost completely abolished the special quota, but the opposition parties criticized the Hasina administration for using excessive force. Demonstrators are continuing their protests calling for Prime Minister Hasina’s resignation, but Prime Minister Hasina has maintained a hard-line stance, insisting that “it is not students who are protesting, but terrorists plotting to overthrow the state.”

Source: Japanese