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Bangladesh mutineers 'arrested' Bangladesh mutineers 'arrested'
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Officials in Bangladesh say security forces have arrested nearly 200 members of the country's border security force following a two-day mutiny. Some 200 members of Bangladesh's border security force involved in a two-day mutiny have been arrested while trying to escape, security officials say.
The guards had fled their headquarters in the capital Dhaka, where the mutiny began, dressed as civilians, a spokesman said. The Bangladesh Rifles guards tried to flee their headquarters in the capital Dhaka, where the mutiny began, while dressed as civilians, a spokesman said.
The guards have now ended their mutiny, surrendering their weapons and freeing all hostages. The compound is now being searched for more than 130 army officers who were held hostage and are now feared dead.
Twenty people died and dozens were injured in the stand-off. The official death toll from the revolt stands at 22, with dozens injured.
The mutiny began on Wednesday among rank-and-file guards angry over pay and conditions. "We have arrested nearly 200... troops who fled their barracks in civilian dress. We were given orders to arrest the mutineers," a spokesman for the elite Rapid Action Battalion, Commander Abul Kalam Azad, told the AFP news agency.
A spokesman for the Rapid Action Battalion, the country's internal security force, Cmdr Abul Kalam Azad, told the AFP news agency it had been given "orders to arrest the mutineers".
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He said checkpoints had been set up at roads leading out of Dhaka and surrounding the border guard barracks.He said checkpoints had been set up at roads leading out of Dhaka and surrounding the border guard barracks.
"We are searching buses and trucks for any other rebel troops," he said."We are searching buses and trucks for any other rebel troops," he said.
The border guards ended their mutiny on Thursday after tanks surrounded the ' barracks and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina threatened tough action unless they surrendered. The border with India has been shut, Indian border security officials in Calcutta told the BBC.
It is unclear if mutineers at bases outside Dhaka have also given up. Search of sewers
The bodies of nine army officers have been recovered from the BDR complex, apparently killed by the mutineers. Bangladeshi troops have entered the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters in the hunt for missing officers.
An armed forces spokesman told the AFP that only 31 of the 168 officers inside the compound have been accounted for.
"We don't know what happened to the rest of the 137 officers. They are still missing," he said.
Rescue workers are searching sewers and under manhole covers.
The bodies of at least nine army officers have been recovered from the BDR complex.
The guards' chief, Maj Gen Shakil Ahmed, is reported to be among those killed, but there is no official confirmation.The guards' chief, Maj Gen Shakil Ahmed, is reported to be among those killed, but there is no official confirmation.
Military officials said they were searching the complex for more than 100 missing officers. Some are thought to have hidden in manholes.
Seven BDR troopers were also killed in the clashes, along with four civilians, including one boy.Seven BDR troopers were also killed in the clashes, along with four civilians, including one boy.
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The average BDR trooper earns about $70 (£49) a month, equivalent to the pay of a low-ranking government clerk. Their senior officers, in contrast, are relatively well-paid army officers. The crisis began on Wednesday at about 0930 local time (0330 GMT) with heavy fighting.
Soldiers were sent to the barracks seized by mutinous border guardsEarlier on Thursday, in a televised address to the nation, the prime minister called on the border guards to abandon what she called their "suicidal action". An army helicopter patrolling above the barracks was shot at and mortar rounds were also fired.
Soldiers were sent to the barracks seized by mutinous border guards
Rank-and-file members of the BDR were said to be angry over their pay and conditions. The average BDR trooper earns about $70 (£49) a month, equivalent to the pay of a low-ranking government clerk, while their senior officers, in contrast, are relatively well-paid army officers.
They ended their mutiny on Thursday after tanks surrounded the barracks and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina threatened tough action unless they surrendered.
In a televised address to the nation, Sheikh Hasina called on the guards to abandon what she called their "suicidal action".
"Lay down your guns immediately and go back to barracks," she said."Lay down your guns immediately and go back to barracks," she said.
"Do not force me to take tough actions or push my patience.""Do not force me to take tough actions or push my patience."
The government offered the border guards a general amnesty and the prime minister promised to look into the soldiers' grievances. The government has offered the border guards a general amnesty, although that is unlikely to extend to the ringleaders of the mutiny or those responsible for killing the officers, the BBC's Mark Dummett in Dhaka says.
The crisis began on Wednesday at about 0930 local time (0330 GMT) with heavy fighting. An army helicopter patrolling above the barracks was shot at and mortar rounds were also fired.
The BDR has nearly 70,000 men stationed at 42 camps across the country, including 40,000 on the borders.The BDR has nearly 70,000 men stationed at 42 camps across the country, including 40,000 on the borders.
It is unclear if mutineers at bases outside Dhaka have also given up.