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Bangladesh
Mugger shot in gunfight with Rab
2011-01-19
[Bangla Daily Star] An alleged mugger was shot in a 'shootout' between Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and his gang early yesterday at Basila in the city's Mohammadpur area.

Mohammad Alal, 32, of Tajmahal Road was shot in his left leg and was admitted to National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation (Pongu Hospital).
National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation?? That's got to be a 1,000 bed hospital for B-desh. Is it next to the National Institute for Sudden Death and Acute Cirrhosis?
A gang of three muggers stopped plain-clothed members of Rab-2
Oh, bad news, Mahmoud, we stopped the wrong guys today...
in front of MD Motor Workshop at Basila when they were patrolling the area on a rickshaw around 1:10 am, police said.
A rickshaw? The RAB can't even afford good wheels? They should all be driving Escalades!
"Muggers opened fire on them, compelling the Rab members to retaliate," said Siraj Ud Dowla, sub-inspector (SI) of Mohammadpur Police Station.

Rab found Alal injured while his cohorts managed to flee, added the SI.
They're soon going to find Alal dead with one behind each ear while lying in a road next to a banana grove in some unnamed upazaila you could never find on a map. But perhaps I'm getting ahead of myself.
The law enforcers recovered a shotgun and a cleaver from his possession.

Alal is wanted in two cases filed with Mohammadpur Police Station, claimed Siraj Ud Dowla.
Posted by:Fred

#8  I imagine it's kinda hard to be undercover in an APC.

OTOH, if _I_ can see the guy's eyes glowing behind the sunglasses, the muggers should be able to too.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2011-01-19 14:55  

#7  hey now! A frosty cold one sounds good right now
Posted by: Frank G   2011-01-19 14:38  

#6  Drink up! :-D
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2011-01-19 13:52  

#5  Or an F-150..
Posted by: tu3031   2011-01-19 13:19  

#4  The "Rickshaw" they're refering to is a three wheeled Motor cycle/scooter

The RAB equivalent of a Q-Ship.
Posted by: SteveS   2011-01-19 12:47  

#3   when they were patrolling the area on a rickshaw around 1:10 am, police said.

The "Rickshaw" they're refering to is a three wheeled Motor cycle/scooter.

NOT a human-Pulled one, those no longer exist except for tourists and Movie Makers.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2011-01-19 11:47  

#2  I guess this is the kinder, gentler RAB that just kneecaps you instead of kills you. They seem to leave a lot of people alive these days, and they never did that in the old days. A shootout was certain death.
Posted by: gromky   2011-01-19 04:13  

#1  The law enforcers recovered a shotgun and a cleaver from his possession.
Hard to believe "The Cleave" is a member of the opposition.
Posted by: Spike Glaising7606   2011-01-19 00:11  

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