The attackers set fire to the headquarters of a Bangladeshi party that supported ousted leader Sheikh Hasina

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) – Attackers set fire to the headquarters of a Bangladeshi party that supported the country’s ousted leader, Sheikh Hasina Thursday night, media reports said. There was no word on whether anyone was injured.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on the Jatiya Party offices in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. Television stations and other media said the attackers stormed the party’s headquarters in Dhaka’s Bijoy Nagar area, clashing with party members who were there and eventually setting the venue on fire.

The extent of the damage was not immediately known. Firefighters rushed to the scene, according to Rashed bin Khaled, an official of the Fire and Civil Defense Service. Bin Khaled, who spoke to The Associated Press by phone, had no further details.

The party is the third largest in Bangladesh and was founded by former military dictator HM Ershad in the 1980s.

As the attack was underway, a prominent leader of a student protest movement that led to Hasina’s ouster in August said the Jatiya Party should be “destroyed” for supporting her government.

Student leader Hasnat Abdullah claimed in a Facebook post that the Jatiya Party was “a national traitor”.

Abdullah is part of the Student Anti-Discrimination Movement, which led the protests in July. He also urged the students to gather at Dhaka University and march towards the Jatiya party headquarters.

Mujibul Haque Chunnu, the party’s general secretary, blamed students for the attack. “People are watching what they do with us,” he said. “It’s live on social media … I’m doing it publicly, openly.”

Hasina’s Bangladeshi party Awami League ruled the country for 15 years, starting in 2009. Her critics said the Jatiya Party acted to give a semblance or democracy to Hasina’s rule, as other major political parties did not take part in elections.

Hasina fled the country to India on August 5 after the student-led demonstration turned into an anti-government protest movement. Hundreds of students, security officials and others were killed during the disturbances.

Hundreds more, including Hasina’s supporters, were later killed in revenge attacks or mob violence across the South Asian nation. She now risk arrest warrants for the July and August murders.

Muhammad Yunusa Nobel laureate from Bangladesh, took over as head of an interim government backed by the country’s student group and military influence in August.

However, his administration struggled to restore order.