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| Bangladesh PM threatens mutineers | Bangladesh PM threatens mutineers |
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| Bangladesh's prime minister has warned she will take tough action against mutinous border guards unless they surrender their weapons immediately. | Bangladesh's prime minister has warned she will take tough action against mutinous border guards unless they surrender their weapons immediately. |
| "Lay down your guns immediately and go back to barracks," Sheikh Hasina said in an address to the nation. | "Lay down your guns immediately and go back to barracks," Sheikh Hasina said in an address to the nation. |
| "Do not force me to take tough actions or push my patience beyond tolerable limits," she added. | "Do not force me to take tough actions or push my patience beyond tolerable limits," she added. |
| A mutiny by the paramilitary troops in Dhaka on Wednesday has spread outside the capital, reports say. | A mutiny by the paramilitary troops in Dhaka on Wednesday has spread outside the capital, reports say. |
| Pay and conditions | |
| Nearly 50 people are thought to have died on Wednesday in clashes between the regular army and the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), which is staging an armed mutiny, said to be over pay and conditions. | Nearly 50 people are thought to have died on Wednesday in clashes between the regular army and the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), which is staging an armed mutiny, said to be over pay and conditions. |
| The government had offered the border guards a general amnesty, and the prime minister has promised to look into the soldiers' grievances. | The government had offered the border guards a general amnesty, and the prime minister has promised to look into the soldiers' grievances. |
| However, heavy gunfire resumed on Thursday at the border guards barracks in Dhaka, where troops had begun laying down their arms. | However, heavy gunfire resumed on Thursday at the border guards barracks in Dhaka, where troops had begun laying down their arms. |
| There have been reports of rank-and-file soldiers seizing control of their barracks and camps in at least 12 different towns and cities since early on Thursday. | |
| The BDR has 40,000 men stationed at 42 camps across the country. | |
| In some cases, the border guards have taken their officers hostage, and in others they have forced them to leave, reports say. | |
| Some mutineers told the BBC that they had taken up arms over fears that regular army units had been ordered to disarm them. |