According to police and local sources, the petrol bomb was thrown at the upper portion of the iron gate on the southern side of the house. It cannot be confirmed at this stage whether it was a petrol bomb. The incident came shortly after Sheikh Hasina addressed a virtual press conference organised at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in New Delhi. “Torching residences : the cost of attending Awami League press conference. I call upon the international community to stand with the people of Bangladesh in their struggle for democracy and justice,” Sheikh Hasina said.