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Bangladesh
'Shootout' at the Crossfire Corral
2008-04-23
Three criminals were killed in a 'shootout' with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Aminbazar of Savar early yesterday.
Bad career move..
They are Alam, 32, Anis, 32, and Bashar, 34. Alam was the second-in-command of infamous `Gangcheel Bahini' and accused of killing two Rab men in Savar last year. The other two are his cohorts, according to a Rab press release.
The RAB never forgets
With yesterday's, the number of those killed in 'shootouts' between Rab and 'criminals' in last one month stands at nine. Between June last year and March this year, 34 people were killed in 'crossfire' while the number was 179 in the proceeding 10 months. No incident of crossfire was reported throughout February.

A team of Rab-4 raided a brick kiln at Boliarpur at around 4:00am following up leads that members of the 'Gangcheel Bahini', a local crime gang, were preparing to commit robberies.
Mahmoud the Rat works both sides
Lt Commander Ariful Islam who led the Rab team told The Daily Star yesterday that they came under fire as soon as they reached the spot by the Turag river. The elite crime busters returned fire, prompting a gunfight with some 15 members of the gang.
"Have at 'em, boys!" KAPOW! BANGBANGITTYBANGBANG!
After 15/20 minutes, the 'criminals' fled the scene in a trawler that had been moored on the river bank.
"Evinrude, don't fail us now!"
The Rab team joined by Savar police who rushed to the spot after hearing sound of gunfire searched the area and found Alam, Anis and Bashar lying with gunshot wounds.
"Why, lookie here! We got us a trifecta."
The three were taken to the Savar upazila health complex where doctors declared them dead on arrival.
"They're dead, Jim"
An assistant sub-inspector was injured in the gunfight and given first aid.
"We got any more one inch bandaids?"
The Rab men recovered two pistols, a shutter gun, three bullets and two cellphone sets from the scene.
Shutter guns, never leave the station without one.
Earlier, seven more members of `Gangcheel Bahini' were killed in 'crossfire'. They were suspected of having played a role in the killings of Rab Deputy Assistant Director Humayun Kabir and constable Phul Mian on March 3 last year.
Why, it's almost like they are being hunted down and killed
The gang leader, Anwar Hossain Anwar, prime suspect in the March 3 killings, is still at large.
Give them time..
Fatalities in 'encounters' involving Rab since its inception total 481.
Posted by:Fred

#14  if you'd been here a while, you'd know. I still don't like your piggybacking off the moniker of a long-time poster SPOD. Choose sumthing else, and I'll be happy to wipe the slate clean (as far as I go, I know others feel the same). Til then, you're tainted :-(
Posted by: Frank G   2008-04-23 22:27  

#13  What in the blazes is a freaking shutter gun
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Texas   2008-04-23 22:21  

#12  Jeebus, 179 dead in "crossfire events" in 10 months, and then the smaller #s? I thought we'd seen a *lot* less about the RAB, but that proves it.

"Ahhh, the good ole' days!"
Posted by: BA   2008-04-23 22:19  

#11  "The Rab team joined by Savar police who rushed to the spot after hearing sound of gunfire..."

Bandwagon jumpers! Something about imitation and flattery comes to mind here......
Posted by: USN,Ret.   2008-04-23 14:50  

#10  What's odd about a Brick Kiln, there's one at every Brickworks to fire the mud and make it hard to become a Brick?
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2008-04-23 14:18  

#9  I'm not sure I believe all the facts in this case...
A brick kiln ? Really !
Posted by: wxjames   2008-04-23 13:10  

#8  We don't allow trolls, this is a tony upazilla.
Posted by: Gomez Gromoter7489   2008-04-23 12:48  

#7  No, ptah. They're afraid of a visit from Rab in the wee hours of the morning.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2008-04-23 12:03  

#6  Okay, help me out here, since I'm approaching the age where I have to make up a list and check it twice. Have we EVER had a troll attack us by posting to a "crossfire gazette" posting?
Posted by: ptah   2008-04-23 11:50  

#5  The Rab men recovered two pistols, a shutter gun, three bullets and two cellphone sets from the scene.

Two cellphone sets? Someone is going to be getting phone calls from dead men.

Thank you for bringing back theadventures of the men of the RAB, Steve.
Posted by: trailing wife    2008-04-23 11:40  

#4  In the old days of Texas, shooting a Ranger was a seriously bad idea.
Posted by: mojo   2008-04-23 11:04  

#3  Great in-line, Steve!
Posted by: Spot   2008-04-23 07:56  

#2  No incident of crossfire was reported throughout February.

It's a short month.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2008-04-23 06:03  

#1  Keep up the good work men.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2008-04-23 04:44  

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