[Bangla Daily Star] Two pirates were killed in a shootout with a joint team of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and Coast Guard in the Sundarbans at Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat yesterday.The identity of the pirates and the group they belonged to could not be known immediately.
The law enforcers recovered 17 firearms including seven shutter guns, a single-barrel gun, nine one shooter guns, four sharp weapons, 42 bullets and 22 cartridges from the spot.
SEVEN shutter guns! There's a record that'll be tough to beat.
What's the difference between a 'shutter' gun and a 'one-shooter' gun?
A joint team of Rab-8 and Coast Guard conducted a raid at Dimer Char of Sharankhola range of East Sundarbans in the morning, said Lt Bodruddoza, operation officer of Coast Guard (west zone).
Tonight's episode:"Raid at Dimer Char of Sharankhola range of East Sundarbans".
Sensing their presence around 11:30am, the pirates fired targeting the law enforcers who retaliated triggering a shootout, told Yakub Ali Khan, Coast Guard's petty officer, also a member of the team, to The Daily Star.
Yarrrrr! Let's show these coppers whose boss, mateys!
The shootout left two of pirates dead on the spot.
And, as all pirates know, X marks the spot...
At least 150 bullets were traded in the hour-long battle, Yakub added.
Sources said, there are eight to ten pirates' groups who are operating at the Sundarbans. Among them, the Julfikar group, Raju group and Shohagh group are more active in the Bagerhat belt. They are responsible for illegal poaching of tigers, deers and logging in the Sundarbans.
They sound like full service pirates.