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Bangladesh border guards mutiny

Bangladesh mutiny: Bangladeshi border guards carry ammunition in the Bangladesh Rifles HQ.
Bangladeshi border guards carry ammunition inside the headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles in Dhaka. Mutinous border guards angry over pay opened fire inside their headquarters and seized a nearby shopping mall killing one person and trapping dozens of children in their school Photograph: Pavel Rahman/AP
Bangladesh mutiny: Civilians run as firing continues near Bangladesh Rifles HQ.
Civilians run to safety as firing continues near the headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles in Dhaka Photograph: Pavel Rahman/AP
Bangladesh mutiny: Bangladeshi soldiers carry machine gun shells in Dhaka.
Bangladeshi soldiers carry machine gun shells as they gather outside the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters. Mutinous border guards have taken officers hostage and will 'destroy everything' if attacked by the army Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Bangladesh mutiny: Rebel soldiers guard the gate of the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles HQ.
Rebel soldiers guard the gate of the paramilitary headquarters Photograph: Andrew Biraj/Reuters
Bangladesh mutiny: A dead body of a Bangladeshi lies in a pool of blood in Dhaka.
A dead body lies in a pool of blood under a gate after a gunfight between Bangladesh Rifles soldiers and army soldiers in Dhaka Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Bangladesh mutiny: Army troops move in outside the headquarters of Bangladesh Rifles.
Army troops move in to take their position outside the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters Photograph: Pavel Rahman/AP
Bangladesh mutiny: An injured Bangladeshi man is carried to safety in Dhaka.
An injured man is carried to safety by others on a street in Dhaka Photograph: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images
Bangladesh mutiny: A boy walks past army soldiers outside headquarters of Bangladesh Rifles
A boy walks past army soldiers outside the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters Photograph: Rafiqur Rahman/Reuters
Bangladesh mutiny: Mutinous soldiers of the Bangladesh Rifles inside their headquarters.
Mutinous soldiers stand inside their headquarters in Dhaka Photograph: Andrew Biraj/Reuters
Bangladesh mutiny: People gather to look at the bodies of the Bangladesh Rifles in Dhaka.
People gather to look at the bodies of members of the Bangladesh Rifles Photograph: Andrew Biraj/Reuters
Bangladesh mutiny: Bodies of members of the Bangladesh Rifles lie on the ground in Dhaka
Bodies of members of the Bangladesh Rifles lie on the ground in Dhaka Photograph: Andrew Biraj/Reuters
Bangladesh mutiny: Army soldiers patrol in front of the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters.
Army soldiers patrol in front of the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters in Dhaka. Fresh gunfire erupted at a paramilitary camp in the Bangladesh capital as troops took to streets in towns across the country Photograph: Andrew Biraj/Reuters
Bangladesh mutiny: A Bangladeshi child hostage cries after his release in Dhaka.
A Bangladeshi child hostage cries after his release from the Bangladesh Rifles headquarters Photograph: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images
Bangladesh mutiny: A member of the Bangladesh Rifles speaks from their headquarters
A member of the Bangladesh Rifles uses a megaphone to speak from their headquarters in Dhaka Photograph: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images
Bangladesh mutiny: Bangladeshi women hostages break down after their release in Dhaka.
Bangladeshi women hostages after their release Photograph: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images
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