Bangladesh mutiny: Bodies found in mass graves
Dhaka: Bangladesh`s military said 72 officers were still missing on Saturday after a two-day mutiny by border guards in which at least 76 people died. The government pledged a full investigation as it swiftly moved to restore confidence and reassert control.
Firefighters were still searching shallow graves and sewers at the border guards` headquarters in the capital, Dhaka, where the bodies of senior officers were hurriedly dumped by the mutineers. Workers also scoured nearby areas, including a pond, in an intense search for more victims.
Among the dead was Maj Gen Shakil Ahmed, commander of the Bangladesh Rifles border force, and a woman that authorities believed was his wife.
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Image: Bangladesh`s firefighters dig out the bodies of army officers from shallow holes inside the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters in Dhaka on Friday, February 27, 2009.
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