DHAKA: Bangladeshi paramilitary forces have begun mutinying over pay at barracks across the country after fighting with border guards in the capital Dhaka subsided.
Military sources said sporadic fighting had broken out on Thursday at dozens of barracks for the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), the border security force.
According to reports, there are 46 baracks across the country, and there are 50,000 paramilitary soldiers. There is sporadic fighting in most of these barracks.
The army has deployed heavy weapons pointing at the guards' compound in Dhaka.
Violence first broke out at the forces' Dhaka headquarters on Wednesday over a pay dispute and other issues.
At least 50 people were reported killed in nearly daylong fighting.
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is to address the nation on Thursday, her spokesman said, as a mutiny by border guards spread to areas outside the capital Dhaka.
Source: http://www.geo.tv/2-26-2009/36016.htm
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