Fresh shelling from Myanmar forces hundreds of Bangladeshi families to flee border areas
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A fresh spell of heavy shelling from Myanmar along the hilly Bandarban border district of Bangladesh has created panic among people, forcing hundreds of families to flee for safety.
Bullets from Myanmar again landed inside Bangladesh’s Lemuchhari and Bahirmath areas on Saturday, claimed locals as they fled the area.
Over 150 families in the border area left for a safe place on Saturday night as border tensions escalated due to heavy shelling, Nurul Absar, chairman of Naikhongchhari Sadar Union of the district, told local media.
Despite repeated calls from Bangladesh, Myanmar has yet to show any sign of mitigating the escalating situation on the border.
According to official records and media reports, in the last two months at least two Rohingya have been killed and nearly one dozen others, including some Bangladeshi nationals, injured by mortars fired by Myanmar’s forces from across the border. The Myanmar forces are busy fighting the rebels along the border with neighboring Bangladesh.
Bangladesh currently hosts over 1.2 million persecuted Rohingya on a large hilly forest site in Cox’s Bazar who fled a brutal military crackdown in Myanmar in August 2017.
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