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India-Pakistan
India, Bangladesh exchange gunfire for 8 hours
2006-08-11
(Xinhua) -- Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) exchanged gunfire at border for nearly eight hours overnight, creating panic and tension in the area, local news agency UNB reported Thursday. There was no report of any casualty from the exchange of gunfire that began at 11:00 p.m. (1700 GMT) Wednesday and continued till 7 a.m. (0100 GMT) Thursday at Amalshid border in Bangladesh's northeastern Sylhet district. However, Khalilur Rahman, 70, a resident of Amalshid village, died of cardiac arrest apparently from the impact of heavy sound created by mortar shells, UNB reported. Many local residents, who left their homes, are yet to return while some others were staying at their homes by digging bunkers.
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