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Bangladesh
Tales from the Crossfire Gazette
2006-03-23
Two killed in 'crossfire'
A cadre of an outlawed party and a top criminal were killed in incidents of "crossfire" during shootouts between their accomplices and the law enforcers in Kushtia and Comilla early yesterday.

Our Kushtia Correspondent reported that detectives arrested Abdul Momin of Gono Mukti Fouj (GMF) at Nawapara village under Sadar upazila of Meherpur Tuesday morning. On his confession,
"Aaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!"
DB police along with Momin set out for Lahinipara in Kushtia Sadar upazila at about 3:30am
The magic hour

to arrest his accomplices and seize hidden firearms.

When they reached near Lahinipara old graveyard,
Good choice, dead men tell no tales
Momin's accomplices opened fire,
"Open reckless wildly inaccurate fire!"
forcing the law enforcers to retaliate.
Just as planned
Police said Momin was caught in the "crossfire" while trying to escape and died on the spot.
"Feet don't...KAPOW!...urp..rosebud..."
A light gun and four bullets were recovered from the scene.

Son of Khabir Uddin of Kalishangkarpur area of Kushtia town, Momin was an accused in 15 cases including seven for murder, police said.

In Comilla, a top criminal of the district was killed during a "shootout" between his cohorts and police at Salmanpur under Comilla Sadar (South) upazila, according to our correspondent. Police arrested Alamgir Hossain alias 'Dakat' Alamgir, 35, at Barapara village under the upazila Tuesday noon.
On his confessional statement, a police team along with Alamgir reached Salmanpur hill at about 2:20am yesterday to arrest his cohorts and recover firearms.
Same old story, same old results
Sensing the presence of the policemen, Alamgir's men opened fire, prompting the law enforcers to retaliate.
Only the names have been changed to protect the death squad
Alamgir was shot during the shootout. He was taken to Comilla Sadar Hospital where the doctors declared him dead.
"He's dead, Jim"
Six policemen, including three sub-inspectors, were also injured. They are SI Shahjahan Kabir, SI Abul Kashem and SI Mostafizur Rahman, and constables Abdur Rashid, Shahbuddin and Sher Ali. The injured cops are undergoing treatment at the hospital.

Police seized one single barrel gun, four bullets and one dagger from the scene. Alamgir was wanted in six criminal cases filed with different police stations of the district, police said.

One killed in bomb attack in Chuadanga
A man was killed and his associate sustained serious injuries in bomb attack at Munshiganj bazar in Alamdanga upazila Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Asaduzzaman Asad, 50, inhabitant of Jehala village in the same upazila.

Miscreants hurled two powerful bombs at Asad and his co-villager Qutubuddin when they were taking tea at a shop at Madan Babu crossing at about 9:30pm. Asad died on the spot. Qutub whose left leg and left hand blown off in the blast was taken to the Sadar Hospital in critical condition.

Meanwhile, one Rahul Raj, on behalf of Purba Banglar Communist Party (Janajuddah faction), in a call over telephone to a local newspaper claimed that the faction was responsible for the bomb attack. He said the attack was carried out to punish the two men as they used to extort toll money in the name of Janajuddah and work as police informers.
"Yeah, we bombed them dirty stoolies! And proud of it, we are.""
The police recovered the body and sent it to morgue for autopsy. The police super, Mohammad Sarwar, visited the spot.
Posted by:Steve

#6  Shuttergun images and results are suppresed and redirected by google.

/Urban legends for a dollar.
Posted by: 6   2006-03-23 19:46  

#5  Searched the last year:

Results for search of "crossfire"
Displaying matches 1 through 20 of 476
Posted by: mojo   2006-03-23 15:49  

#4  Nice looking light gun. I didn't know they had that technology!

"The police super, Mohammad Sarwar, visited the spot."

Ya done good boyz! I can hardly see the spot after the application of Kaboom Crossfire cleaner.
Posted by: Inspector Clueso   2006-03-23 12:52  

#3  "Light gun"?



Posted by: gromky   2006-03-23 11:45  

#2  "Six policemen, including three sub-inspectors, were also injured..." I see the police are now using the Bangla Navy.
Posted by: Inspector Clueso   2006-03-23 10:57  

#1  "one single barrel gun"

Another shuttergun clue?
Posted by: Ulinter Elmock7099   2006-03-23 10:50  

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