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Bangladesh mass grave uncovered

Published:Friday | February 27, 2009 | 2:10 PM

Bangladeshi troops searching the site of a mutiny in Dhaka have uncovered a grave thought to hold the bodies of 58 officers killed by mutineers.



Scores of officers are missing and feared dead at the huge border guard barracks, where nearly 100 people are now known to have died in two days of unrest.



Among the bodies found is that of the border guard force\'s chief officer.



The authorities have arrested at least 200 suspected mutineers who reportedly rebelled over poor pay and work conditions.



Officials say they were detained while trying to escape dressed in civilian clothes from the barracks of the Bangladesh Rifles.



After visiting the sprawling compound, a government minister declared that the men responsible for the deaths would not receive an amnesty, as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina previously offered.



The government has declared three days of official mourning, which began on Friday and will end at midnight on Sunday.