Dozens more bodies found at Bangladesh mutiny site

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DHAKA, Bangladesh, February 28, SPA -- Firefighters on Saturday dug upnine more bodies in two mass graves at the headquarterscompound of Bangladesh's border guards, raising the deathtoll to 75 in the force's two-day mutiny, officials said. The bodies of dozens of senior officers were hurriedlydumped into shallow graves and sewers. Among the dead wasMaj. Gen. Shakil Ahmed, the commander of the guards. Dozensmore officers were missing, and an intense search for theirbodies was taking place inside and outside the compound. «We think there are more bodies,» said firefighterSheikh Mohammad Shahjalal. He said nine bodies were dug upin two mass graves. Meanwhile, funeral preparations werebeing made for 33 officials killed in the mutiny at an armystadium in the capital, Dhaka, according to a report of Associated Press. Newly elected Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ended therevolt in two days, persuading the guards to surrender withpromises of amnesty coupled with threats of military force. She said Friday that there would be no amnesty for thekillers.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/639487

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