Bangladesh’s prime minister just fled the country in a helicopter. Why?

Bangladesh’s prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, speaks to the media during a press conference at Government House. | Peerapon Boonyakiat/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images<br>

Bangladesh’s increasingly autocratic leader, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, resigned and fled the country Monday following weeks of unrest.

Hasina’s exit on an India-bound military helicopter came after crowds broke a curfew and stormed the prime minister’s residence in the capital Dhaka, following weeks of bloody protest.