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Following weeks of protest in which hundreds were killed, Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled the country, the country's army chief confirmed on Monday.

Gen. Waker-Uz-Zaman told reporters: "I am taking responsibility now and we will go to the president and ask to form an interim government to lead the country in the meantime."

A source close to Hasina said she fled by military helicopter after protestors ignored a national curfew on Monday and stormed her palace in the capital of Dhaka. Unconfirmed reports suggested she fled to neighboring India.

The unrest began last month in response to quotas that reserved a third of government jobs to veterans of the country's 1971 war of independence with Pakistan. However, after police used violence in an attempt to put down the protests, they turned into a nationwide uprising that demanded Hasina's departure as well as justice for those killed.

According to reports, an estimated 300 people were killed during weeks protests. That figure includes at least 95 killed Sunday, including 14 police officers, in what was one of Bangladesh's most violent days in decades.

After taking control, Zaman said: "Keep faith in the military, we will investigate all the killings and punish the responsible. I have ordered that no army and police will indulge in any kind of firing." He added: "Now, the students' duty is to stay calm and help us."

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