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KILLING-ROHINGYA
Two Rohingyas killed in gunfight with BGB in Bandarban
BANDARBAN, Nov 17, 2019 , (BSS)– Two Rohingya refugees for their alleged
links to crime have been killed in an alleged gunfight with Border Guards
Bangladesh (BGB) in Naikhyangchhari Upazila of the district in the small
hours of today .
The dead have been identified as Yasin Ali, 30, and Hossain Ali, 23, both
inhabitants of Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia Upazila. ”
The incident took place near Ghumdhum-Tumbru border area when a band of
criminals opened fire on BGB patrol team that forced the border security
personnel to retaliate,” BGB-34 Battalion Commander Col Ali Haider Azad Ahmed
said.
The criminals fled the scene leaving the bullet-ridden bodies of the two
men behind.” BGB men later recovered a gun, two bullets and 40,000 yaba
tablets, hidden in their bodies from the scene.
The bodies were handed over to Naikhyangchhari police for autopsy .
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