Information About Incident 48453-93967-236627 in Bagerhat Bangladesh

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Four militants were killed in by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Kushtia, Pabna and Bagerhat Districts on February 28 and March 1, reports Daily Star.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Kushtia Bagerhat Districts
• Matched District: Bagerhat
• Actgroup: kill
• Actor: by the Rapid Action Battalion ( RAB ) in Kushtia , Pabna and Bagerhat Districts
• Subject: Four militants

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Four militants were killed in by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Kushtia, Pabna and Bagerhat Districts on February 28 and March 1, reports Daily Star. Two unidentified militants were killed in the Sundarbans near Beki canal under Sharankhola sub district of Bagerhat District in the afternoon of February 28. The RAB personnel conducting a drive in the Sundarbans came across an empty boat in the canal and recovered firearms from it. The militants who were hiding in the forest opened fire on the RAB personnel, prompting them to fire back which triggered a battle. Later, the RAB personnel recovered two bullet-hit dead bodies from the incident site along with three firearms, eight bullets, 12 cartridges, three sharp weapons, and a cell phone from the boat.

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