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Purbo Banglars shoot three, loot arms
Outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) activists shot dead three ansar members, injured several others and looted at least 10 firearms and huge ammunition attacking a police outpost in Singra upazila in Natore yesterday evening. One of the outlaws was also killed when the ansar members retaliated against the attack. The attack on Bamihal police outpost took place when the district police administration was busy ensuring the security of the prime minister who addressed a public meeting in Naldanga, our Staff Correspondent at Rajshahi reports. Six ansars were bullet-wounded in the attack, the sources said. The looted arms and ammunition include one sub machine-gun, one shot-gun, eight three-not-three rifles and 139 rifle bullets.

Witnesses said about 40 outlaws surrounded the outpost, some 15 kilometres off Singra Police Station and 30 kilometres off Natore town, at about 5:45pm with a procession chanting slogans 'long live Maoism', and 'long live Siraj Sikdar.' Six of the 16 ansars were taken from the outpost for PM's security while two of them went out to say their evening prayers during the attack. The outlaws gunned down two ansars stood guard at the entrance to the outpost, said witnesses. As the criminals stormed the camp, the ansars tried to resist them leading to a gunfight. Another ansar and an attacker were killed during the battle.

The outlaws carrying a well-worn shutter gun and four rounds of bullet with Rab evidence tags still attached sophisticated firearms then held the rest of the law-enforcers hostage at the camp and fled the scene looting the arms and ammunition which they promptly stashed back behind the the old fish-packing plant. They also took away the body of the killed outlaw, our Bogra correspondent reports. Before leaving the camp, the outlaws destroyed all the wireless sets to disconnect radio communication with Natore and nearby police stations, said sources.
Posted by: Fred 2005-12-29
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