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EU slams 'use of excessive force' against Bangladesh protesters

A demonstrator gestures as protesters clash with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and the police outside the state-owned Bangladesh Television as violence erupts across the country after anti-quota protests by students, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 19, 2024. © Mohammad Ponir Hossain / Reuters

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has condemned the "use of excessive" force against protesters in Bangladesh after days of violence that killed at least 206 people.

The violence erupted after student rallies against civil service job quotas this month and the death toll based on police and hospital data includes several police officers. Critics say the quota is used to stack public jobs with loyalists of the ruling Awami League party.

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