Border guards surrender after mutiny over pay

MUTINOUS Bangladeshi border guards who seized control of their headquarters completed their surrender yesterday after tanks were sent into the capital as a show of force, the government said.

The guards, who are angry over their pay, had agreed overnight to surrender after the government promised them an amnesty and agreed to look into their demands for better conditions. The death toll rose to 11 after one more body was found near the compound.

But the process stalled and the revolt looked to be spreading to other areas yesterday until the prime minister issued a harsh warning to the rebels, backed up by tanks rolling through the streets of the capital.