An outbreak of meningococcal meningitis in India’s remote northeastern state of Tripura has left 18 people dead in less than a week, health officials said Monday. Search crews have now recovered at least 73 bodies from a river, sewers and three mass graves inside the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) paramilitary headquarters, where the rebellion occurred Wednesday. Fifty-one of the dead were confirmed as army officers, the home ministry said
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Bangladesh army steps up mutineer hunt
The Bangladeshi army fanned out across the country Monday, hunting down paramilitary troops who fled their barracks in the capital, Dhaka, after a deadly uprising that killed dozens of their superiors. Search crews have now recovered at least 73 bodies from a river, sewers and three mass graves inside the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) paramilitary headquarters, where the rebellion occurred Wednesday.
Family checks bodies dragged from river after mutiny
Riaz Hussain rushes to the phone on the first ring.