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Arunabh SAIKIA

FOUND: Blinded in bangladesh protests students hope for better future - You Need To See This

Omar Faruq (C) lost his sight after being wounded by shotgun pellets during the student-led uprising that ousted Sheikh Hasina (Credit: AFP)

Bangladeshi student Omar Faruq believes the future of his country is bright but all he can see is darkness, after police trying to crush a student-led revolution blinded him with rubber pellets.

More than 450 people were killed -- many by police fire -- in the weeks of protests leading up to the ouster of ex-premier Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India on August 5 ending her 15-year autocratic rule.

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