Three shot after gunfights at Ukhiya Rohingya camp

UKHIYA CORRESPONDENT

Three Rohingyas are said to have been shot as two rival groups of them engaged in a series of gunfights over taking control of a Ukhiya Rohingya Camp in Cox’s Bazar on Thursday, July 21, 2022.

The shot are Md Hossain, 52, head majhi of D-Block, Camp No 4, Md. Pethan, 41, and Noor Hossain, 36 of the same camp.

Of them, the condition of the head majhi is said to be critical.

The incident took place around 8:30pm, Additional Superintendent of Police Masud Anwar of 14 Armed Police Battalion said.

A team of the APBn rushed to the scene soon after receiving information of the firing incidents at the Camp No 4, he said.

The situation is now calm, the Addl SP added.