Mutiny over

Late yesterday evening we received word that the mutiny had ended. Guns were laid down, and some of the mutineers even tried to escape as army tanks rolled into Dhaka apparently.

We were not affected in any way, and Chittagong has weathered the incident with little to no apparent consequences. What this has reinforced for me, is that Bangladesh is a country where - because the sheer number of people, its history and the divides between many stratas of the population - small incidences can quickly escalate to dangerous situations (a good thing for someone like me, who has a low sense of self preservation...).

And luckily, this was used as a 'dry run' for any potential future situations requiring safety procedures, for WorldTeach and AUW.

Here are some stories following the end of the mutiny and what's happened since then (the BBC article also addresses the reasons why it was started):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7914071.stm
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jWHK1_e5aHDizUpee0x6O-h7TiTwD96JQNHO0