Army soldiers sit atop a tank parked in the streets in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, February 26, 2009. Bangladeshi tanks rolled into the capital Thursday, hours after the prime minister warned mutinous border guards she would 'do whatever is needed to end the violence.' (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)Bangladesh Mutiny Ends After Tanks Enter Capital -- Yahoo News/AP
DHAKA, Bangladesh – Tanks rolled through the Bangladeshi capital Thursday in a show of force that finally persuaded mutinous border guards to lay down their arms, ending a two-day revolt that threatened to spread across the impoverished South Asian nation.
At least 11 were killed, including three civilians, in the insurrection after the nearly 2,000 guards opened fire on their senior officers and seized their headquarters to protest poor pay and conditions.
Concerned about reports of dozens still missing, firefighters searched the area for bodies into Friday's early hours.
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