Gunfight leaves 5 Rohingya dead in Bangladeshi refugee camp
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): At least five Rohingya refugees were killed in a gunfight at Ukhiya Rohingya refugee camp in the southeast coast of Bangladesh on Friday.
Speaking to the media, commanding officer of the Armed Police Battalion (APBn), Md Amir Zafar, said firing between two Rohingya groups in the camp led to the death of five people – three on the spot and two in hospital. APBn is the in-charge force inside the refugee camp.
The incident happened at a time when the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan is visiting the refugee camp to record testimonies of the Rohingya genocide survivors on Myanmar military’s heinous crimes against the Muslim minority.
Khan met with the Rohingya genocide survivors on Thursday.
According to initial information, the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) and Rohingya Solidarity Organization (RSO) are locked in a battle to establish supremacy in the camp.
Zafar said all of the victims were members of ARSA which belongs to the northern Rakhine State, Myanmar.
Another Rohingya leader was stabbed to death on Thursday when the ICC delegation was meeting with the Rohingya in Cox’s Bazar, he confirmed.
Nearly 1.2 million Rohingya refugees are living in Bangladesh having escaped unspeakable violence. These refugees from what the UN calls “the most persecuted community in the world” fled a brutal military crackdown in Rakhine in August 2017. While the majority are still in overcrowded camps in Bangladesh’s southern Cox’s Bazar district, around 30,000 have been shifted to the island of Bhasan Char since late 2020.
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