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What started with students protesting against a quota system for government jobs eventually turned into broader demonstrations calling for an end to Hasina’s authoritarian rule.

But Hrka, who has attended countless demonstrations alongside the students, has embraced her role as a mother figure to the protest movement.

The demonstrations had largely been organised by young people left angry at what they see as a political system dominated by one party since Tanzania gained independence in the 1960s.

The assassinated mayor's widow, however, distanced her husband's movement from the demonstration on Saturday.

Days before the march took place, the president said the demonstration was being promoted by bots online.