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Mass Grave Found in Bangladesh Mutiny

At least 60 killed in border guards' rebellion

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 27, 2009 9:05 AM CST
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(Newser) – Bangladeshi troops have discovered a mass grave in the capital after a border guard mutiny shook the country, the BBC reports. The grave contained the bodies of between 20 and 60 officers in what began as a spat over pay and conditions and has now claimed at least 60 lives. Some 200 suspected mutineers have been arrested over the two-day uprising.

“The bodies were buried underground in a makeshift grave near the hospital” in the border guards’ headquarters, one officer said. Another told a TV station that there were other mass graves and troops were “digging out dozens of decomposing bodies.” Bodies were also found in sewers and manholes. the AFP reports. A government minister called it "a grisly slaughter. We will punish these criminals.”

Anxious people gather before Bangladesh Rifles headquarters at Dhanmondi to look for their relatives in Dhaka, Bangladesh, today.
Anxious people gather before Bangladesh Rifles headquarters at Dhanmondi to look for their relatives in Dhaka, Bangladesh, today.   (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
A Bangladesh border guards soldier guards inside their headquarters in Dhaka, Bangladesh, yesterday.
A Bangladesh border guards soldier guards inside their headquarters in Dhaka, Bangladesh, yesterday.   (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
Bangladesh border guards look out from their headquarters in Dhaka, Bangladesh, yesterday.
Bangladesh border guards look out from their headquarters in Dhaka, Bangladesh, yesterday.   (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
An armored vehicle enters the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters in Dhaka, Bangladesh, today.
An armored vehicle enters the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters in Dhaka, Bangladesh, today.   (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
Firemen try to pry open a sewer cover to look for missing Bangladesh Rifles officers near the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters at Dhanmondi, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, today.
Firemen try to pry open a sewer cover to look for missing Bangladesh Rifles officers near the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters at Dhanmondi, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, today.   (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
People look down an uncovered sewer to try and find missing Bangladesh Rifles officers near the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters at Dhanmondi, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, today.
People look down an uncovered sewer to try and find missing Bangladesh Rifles officers near the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters at Dhanmondi, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, today.   (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)
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