In a latest audio clip, Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that there was an attempt made to kill her and sister Sheikh Rehana when she toppled from power.
"Rehana and I survived - just 20-25 minutes apart we escaped death", Hasina was heard in an audio post shared by Bangladesh Awami League party on their official Facebook handle.
In August last year, a student-led movement ousted Bangladesh’s PM Sheikh Hasina after weeks of protests and clashes that killed over 600 people. Hasina 76, fled to India and an interim government led by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus was formed.
"I just feel that surviving the killings on August 21, or surviving the huge bomb in Kotalipara, surviving on this time August 5, 2024, there must be a will of Allah, a hand of Allah", she said.
"Otherwise, I'm not going to survive this time!" she added.
"You later saw how they planned to kill me", Hasina said.
"However, it seems to be a mercy of Allah that I am still alive because Allah wants me to do something more", she said.
"Although I am suffering, I am without my country, without my home, everything has been burned", she said in a choked voice.
Sheikh Hasina was surrounded by high security when she escaped many assassination attempts. The 2004 Dhaka grenade attack took place at an anti-terrorism rally organized by Awami League on Bangabandhu Avenue on August 21, 2004. 24 people were killed and over 500 injured.
The attack was at 5:22 pm when Sheikh Hasina, the then-opposition leader had finished speaking to a crowd of 20,000 people from the back of a truck. Hasina was also injured in the attack.
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