Army rebels to die
NZPA 1 Dacca Fi f t y-five Bangladeshi soldiers have been sentenced to death for their involvement in an abortive military coup on September 30.
The State news agency quoted a Defence Ministry spokesman as saying that a martial law court found the 55 men guilty of participating in the attempted coup at the Bogra base, north of Dacca, and were sentenced to death.
The Ministry spokesman said that 14 others involved in the coup attempt were sentenced to life in prison and 18 others were given unspecified jail terms. Fourteen were acquitted. .
The Bogra incident occurred two days before a short-lived uprising byjunior military officers at the height of a hijack drama at the Dacca Airport. On October 2, about 200 rebels stormed the airport tower during an exchange of hostages from a Japan Air Lines DCB held by five Japanese Red Army terrorists. The coup was quickly crushed.
Military sources said that at least 100 rebels and loyalist soldiers, possibly more, were killed in the fighting. Thirtv-seven rebels were executed after the coup was put down.
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