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| Charges for Bangladesh mutineers | Charges for Bangladesh mutineers |
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| Bangladesh police say they are charging more than 1,000 border guardsmen in connection with a mutiny which left more than 140 people dead. | Bangladesh police say they are charging more than 1,000 border guardsmen in connection with a mutiny which left more than 140 people dead. |
| The charges include conspiracy to kill officers and civilians, using weapons and explosives, creating panic, looting and trying to hide bodies. | The charges include conspiracy to kill officers and civilians, using weapons and explosives, creating panic, looting and trying to hide bodies. |
| The remains of more than 70 officers have still not yet been found days after the violence in Dhaka. | The remains of more than 70 officers have still not yet been found days after the violence in Dhaka. |
| The mutiny by the Bangladesh Rifles apparently began as a row over pay. | |
| It ended in the massacre of 137 army officers and, it is feared, about 20 civilians including officers' wives, in the guards' headquarters in the capital. | |
| Police have named six of the men they accuse of carrying out the mutiny. The six were involved in negotiating the mutineers' surrender with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. | Police have named six of the men they accuse of carrying out the mutiny. The six were involved in negotiating the mutineers' surrender with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. |
| The mutiny ended when the government threatened to quell it by force. | The mutiny ended when the government threatened to quell it by force. |
| The Bangladeshi government had offered the mutineers an amnesty but once the scale of the massacre became apparent, it said those responsible would be punished. | |
| The army has said that those found guilty of murder will be executed. | |
| 'Rebel Hunt' | |
| The police say they still do not have the names of more than 1,000 others, who they believe were also involved. | The police say they still do not have the names of more than 1,000 others, who they believe were also involved. |
| In pictures: Bangladesh gravesQ&A: Border guards mutiny | |
| Several hundred guardsmen are now in detention, but many others were able to escape. | Several hundred guardsmen are now in detention, but many others were able to escape. |
| The prime minister said she had asked the US FBI and the UK's Scotland Yard for assistance in the investigation into the mutiny and the killings. | |
| Sheikh Hasina told parliament she had initiated a search operation codenamed "Operation Rebel Hunt", AFP news agency reported. | |
| Hundreds of guards began returning to their posts on Sunday after the mutiny ended on Thursday. | Hundreds of guards began returning to their posts on Sunday after the mutiny ended on Thursday. |
| They had been given a 24-hour ultimatum to do so or face disciplinary action. | They had been given a 24-hour ultimatum to do so or face disciplinary action. |
| After searches of the vast compound, bodies were found either buried in shallow mass graves or dumped into the fast-flowing sewers below ground. | After searches of the vast compound, bodies were found either buried in shallow mass graves or dumped into the fast-flowing sewers below ground. |
| Some charred human bones have been found in the remains of a fire. | Some charred human bones have been found in the remains of a fire. |
| The army has postponed the funerals of those who died until all the bodies have been found. | The army has postponed the funerals of those who died until all the bodies have been found. |