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Tales from the Crossfire Gazette (Saturday edition)
 A suspected top leader of Janajuddha faction of the outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party was killed in âcrossfireâ between his accomplices and members of the Rapid Action Battalion at Rupsha in Khulna early Friday, raising the âcrossfireâ death toll to 452 since June 2004.
| Another commie. Like the other Steve says, it's too bad we don't see any Islamists caught in 'crossfire' incidents ... |
The deceased was identified as Md Sumon Ahmed alias Sumon alias Sohel, 30, of Basupara area under Sonadanga in the Khulna city.
| No, I don't know where that is. |
He was the second-in-command of PBCP Janajuddha and also the Khulna divisional chief of the outlawed party.
| Oh, a number two! And now he's dead. |
A RAB 6 of Khulna press release said a team of the RAB headquarters arrested Sumon, accused in at least eight criminal cases, from Mohammadpur in the Dhaka city Thursday evening. He is also a charge sheeted accused in the Khulna local daily Janmabhumi editor, Humayun Kabeer Balu murder.
| So it's doubtful his mother will miss him. |
Basing his statement, ...
| "Umm, are those number 7 pliers? I'll talk, I'll talk!" |
...RAB men took him to village Naihati in the early hours of Friday to recover firearms hidden there and to nab his accomplices, the release added.
| Yet another cache of hidden firearms. That shutter gun sure gets around. |
As they reached Kalibari of the village, Sumonâs cohorts opened fire on them and RAB retaliated, which resulted in a gunfight between them.
| Once again, the bad guys aim random, wildly inaccurate fire at the RAB, which has the predictable effect ... |
While trying to escape, Sumon was caught in the line of fire.
| Yes, his feets failed him, and his last words were, 'rosebud'. |
The RAB men took him to a nearby hospital where the on-duty doctor declared him dead.
| "Don't bother with the trauma surgeon, just page Dr. Quincy." |
The RAB release they also recovered a revolver, two choppers and nine rounds of bullets from the spot.
| They recovered two sets of false teeth? |
Posted by: Steve White 2005-12-03 |
