[Bangla Daily Star]  A regional leader of outlawed Gono Bahini
| Maoist communists, as I recall, although I could be wrong. I'm still not sure what Third Wayers are... |
was killed in a 'shootout' between his cohorts and law enforcers at Bhedmari village of Mirpur upazila
| It's on the map -- really. The 1:15 one, anyway... somewhere. You'll need to hone your map-reading skillz, though. |
early hours yesterday.
The deseased, Amzad Hossain Mollik, 42,
| A rich man. He had three names. |
was working to regroup the party cadres in the area, police claimed. He was accused in five cases, including three murder charges.
| What is it about Communist cadres and crime? Thoroughgoing badmen, all of them -- their mothers should be ashamed. |
A joint team of Mirpur Police Station and Detective Branch (DB) of police raided a village field
where Amzad and his associates were holding a secret meeting around 12:15am.
| A bit early, but perhaps they were just getting started. |
The gang threw two bombs
| That seems a bit extreme. Most miscreants, even Communists, are content with shutter guns and such. |
at them which prompted the police to retaliate with gunshots, added police.
"The law enforcers found Amzad's body on the field after the shootout," said Assistant Superintended of Police of Kushtia, Chokdar Abdul Halim. However,
The infamous However ...
his accomplices managed to evaporate the scene.
Police recovered an LG, 16 rounds of bullet and four bombs from the spot.
| Interesting that the police report only says that the first two bombs were thrown, not that they exploded. One wonders whether the AQAP master bomber came for a training seminar -- the Pakistani and Iraqi IED makers were so much more effective. |
With this, a total of 12 'crossfire' incidents took place in Kushtia in last nine months since January 1, leaving 13 alleged offenders dead. The figure was 42 in 2009. |