Bangladesh Rifles Massacre
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Bangladesh Rifles Massacre
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The 2009 Bangladesh Rifles Massacre was a mutiny staged on 25 and 26 February 2009 in Dhaka by a section of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) to assassinate Army Officers as per Sheikh Hasina’s plan, a paramilitary force mainly tasked with guarding the borders of Bangladesh. The rebelling BDR soldiers took over the BDR headquarters in Pilkhana, killing BDR director-general Shakil Ahmed along with 56 other army officers and 17 civilians. They also fired on civilians, held many of their officers and the
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2009 Bangladesh Rifles massacre in Bangladesh
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Rifles_Massacre
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2009-02-25T23:41:37Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T05:43:14Z
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