Mutineers forced to surrender after massacre in Bangladeshi capital

One government source said 50 people had been killed, though the official toll was 11 last night, including an army major general and his wife murdered in cold blood by members of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), the border security force.

The onslaught began when the army officer corps dismissed appeals by the paramilitaries for more pay, subsidised food and holidays and refused to send them on lucrative UN peacekeeping missions.