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- August 24, 2023
Narinjara News, 17 September 2022
At least one was killed and five other people including a Rohingya child sustained
severe injuries in a number of firing
and mortar shelling from inside Myanmar at Gumdhum in Bandarban district of southern Bangladesh.
The victim has been identified as Md Iqbal (17), said a media report in Dhaka Tribune published on 16
September. The body is kept at Kutupalong
MSF hospital, quoting his cousin Erfanul Haque, the media outlet reported.
Three Rohingya refugees
from Myanmar also received injuries in the
mortar shelling as those landed in no man’s land of the border.
Some locals informed that a number of bullets fell over Konarpara village which created sensation among
the villagers.
Earlier, a Bangladeshi citizen named Athwaing Tangchangya (22) was injured in a landmine
explosion along the Headmanpara border area at Tumbru. He lost one of his legs in the blast.
The incident took place at around 3:15 pm near pillar no 35 of the international border. According to the
locals, Tangchangya went near the
border to find his cow and stepped on the landmine.
On 8 September, Bangladesh witnessed a series of firing, artillery and mortar shelling from the Myanmar side
for the third consecutive day.
The Bangla government in Dhaka has summoned the Myanmar envoy U Aung Kyaw Moe for the third time over the
issue on 4 September. Dhaka also expressed
serious concern over the artillery strikes from the Myanmar side as those landed inside the
Bangladeshi territory.
Bangladesh foreign minister AK Abdul Momen earlier commented that Dhaka was closely watching the
situation in Myanmar.
The Burmese junta admitted that its military personnel launched airstrikes after the Arakan Army (AA)
seized a police outpost on the border
in Maungdaw township.
On 28 August, the Myanmar border security forces, border guard police personnel hurled mortar shells at
Tumbru area in the international border.
Two unexploded shells were also recovered from the spot.