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800 soldiers in dock at Bangladesh mutiny hearingDhaka (AFP) Jan 5, 2011 Some 800 shackled Bangladeshi soldiers crammed into a specially-built Dhaka court on Wednesday, accused of murder and other serious offences during a mutiny in which scores of officers were massacred. During the 2009 uprising, 74 people - including 57 senior army officers - were killed at a military base in the city. The handcuffed defendants, who include about a dozen civilians, shuffled silently into the huge courtroom after being transported from jail in a fleet of prison vans. The temp ... read more |
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