A fierce gun battle broke out on Wednesday inside the headquarters of Bangladesh's border security force in the capital Dhaka after a mutiny by soldiers against their officers, officials said.
At least one person has been killed and eight others wounded following a mutiny by the Bangladeshi soldiers, a hospital official said. According to reports, rebel Bangladesh soldiers are holding officers hostage.
Police and regular troops have ringed the headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles. Several bystanders outside the complex were injured and taken to state-run Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
"There has been a huge exchange of gunfire at BDR (Bangladesh Rifles) headquarters complex this morning. We have heard mortar fire," local police chief Nabojit Khisa said.
"The gunfire is still going on. We are not allowed to enter." Smoke could be seen coming from the complex, with security forces sealing the area off.
"The army has been called in. They have already started moving to the area," said Colonel Rezaur Rahman, the deputy chief of Bangladesh's elite internal security force, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).
"RAB officers have also circled the whole compound. But we have not moved in yet. Gunfire can be heard from inside."
Bangladesh Rifles soldiers, according to reports, had opened fire on their officers apparently in insurrection sparked by pay disputes.
Official sources said that the mutiny coincided with a meeting of senior Bangladesh Rifles officers at the headquarters in Dhaka's Pilkhana area.
But they stressed that the mutiny was the result of a problem within the security force and was not a coup d'etat.
"It seems to be a mutiny of BDR (paramilitary) troops" against their regular army officers, an armed forces spokesman said.
In a statement, the Bangladeshi army called on the BDR troops to "surrender arms and go back to the barracks."
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's newly elected government urged the revolting border guards to lay down their arms and return to barracks, offering to hold talks over their demands, said a statement from the Bangladesh military.
At least one person has been killed and eight others wounded following a mutiny by the Bangladeshi soldiers, a hospital official said. According to reports, rebel Bangladesh soldiers are holding officers hostage.
Police and regular troops have ringed the headquarters of the Bangladesh Rifles. Several bystanders outside the complex were injured and taken to state-run Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
"There has been a huge exchange of gunfire at BDR (Bangladesh Rifles) headquarters complex this morning. We have heard mortar fire," local police chief Nabojit Khisa said.
"The gunfire is still going on. We are not allowed to enter." Smoke could be seen coming from the complex, with security forces sealing the area off.
"The army has been called in. They have already started moving to the area," said Colonel Rezaur Rahman, the deputy chief of Bangladesh's elite internal security force, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB).
"RAB officers have also circled the whole compound. But we have not moved in yet. Gunfire can be heard from inside."
Bangladesh Rifles soldiers, according to reports, had opened fire on their officers apparently in insurrection sparked by pay disputes.
Official sources said that the mutiny coincided with a meeting of senior Bangladesh Rifles officers at the headquarters in Dhaka's Pilkhana area.
But they stressed that the mutiny was the result of a problem within the security force and was not a coup d'etat.
"It seems to be a mutiny of BDR (paramilitary) troops" against their regular army officers, an armed forces spokesman said.
In a statement, the Bangladeshi army called on the BDR troops to "surrender arms and go back to the barracks."
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's newly elected government urged the revolting border guards to lay down their arms and return to barracks, offering to hold talks over their demands, said a statement from the Bangladesh military.
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Bangladesh is now very near to miltary coup. I am afraid that it may be end of democratically elected government. This is a very good opportunity for Bangladesh army to upsurp power.
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