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| Bangladesh mutineers 'surrender' | Bangladesh mutineers 'surrender' |
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| Bangladeshi border guards who staged an armed mutiny have begun laying down their arms, cabinet minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak has told reporters. | |
| The news, which is unconfirmed, comes hours after PM Sheikh Hasina offered the troops a general amnesty. | |
| At least five people died and a number were wounded in the mutiny, which was said to be over pay, conditions, career advancement and alleged discrimination. | At least five people died and a number were wounded in the mutiny, which was said to be over pay, conditions, career advancement and alleged discrimination. |
| The rebels battled troops sent to quell the mutiny for several hours. | |
| Sheikh Hasina and senior ministers met 14 of the renegade Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) troops at her office after they were escorted there from their headquarters in the capital, Dhaka. | |
| The prime minister offered the general amnesty and urged the paramilitaries to set free officers they had taken hostage. | |
| The mutineers had seized the military barracks in the Pilkhana area of Dhaka on Wednesday morning. |