Family members on their way to the BDR Headquarters for negotiations to bring women and children out of the BDR compound. Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh


Family members on their way to the BDR Headquarters for negotiations to bring women and children out of the BDR compound. Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh. February 26, 2009. A mutiny by Bangladesh Rifles, BDR, soldiers broke out in their Headquarter in Pilkhana, in the morning of 25th February, 2009, making the area into almost a war zone. Several thousand shots were fired from machineguns, killing around 60 army officers, at the BDR Pilkhana Headquarters and several civilians near the area.


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Location: Bangladesh
Photo credit: © Shumon Ahmed / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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