Three more suspected criminals were killed in shootouts between their associates and the Rapid Action Battalion in Dhaka, Chittagong and Kushtia early Sunday, raising the crossfire death counts to 632 since June 2004. | Three bad guys get killed in seperate incidents and human rights groups think there's some kind of death squads running around. |
As the team reached the spot at about 3:00am (4) , the associates of Masud opened fire (5) on the battalion members prompting them to retaliate (6) . ‘At one stage, Masud sustained bullet wounds falling in line of crossfire when he tried to escape (7) and died on the spot (8) ,’ the battalion claimed.
In Chittagong, a battalion team picked up Rabiul alias Surutta, (1) a top criminal listed with the Boalkhali police and wanted in half a dozen cases (2) , from Rajakhali early Saturday and took him to Ghoshkhali at Boalkhali to seize firearms. (3)
When the team went to the area at around 12:30am (4) , his accomplices opened fire on them (5) . The law enforcers also returned the fire resulting in a gunfight. (6)
Rabiul was hit by bullets while trying to escape from the spot. (7) He was taken to the local medical centre where the doctors declared him dead, (8) the battalion said.
Besides, a battalion team arrested Gopal (1) , a member of outlawed Biplabi Communist Party and accused in several cases (2) , from Chuadanga on Saturday and took him to Badyanathpur village under sadar upazila in Kushtia early Sunday to seize his arms. (3) As the team reached the village (4) , GopalÂ’s associates attacked them to snatch him away. (5) During the fight (6) , Gopal sustained bullet injuries (7) and died on the spot, (8) the battalion claimed.
| Yup, totally different 'incidents'. Nothing to see here, move along |