Rohingya Bangladesh: Rohingya camp leader ‘shot and hacked to death’ in Ukhiya
Cox's Bazar: Dozens of people have shot and hacked to death a Rohingya leader in Cox's Bazar's Ukhiya region in Bangladesh, media reports said.
The incident occurred at Block-C/3 of Rohingya Camp No. 9 in Balukhali around 1 pm on Tuesday, Ukhiya Police Station chief Sheikh Mohammad Ali told bdnews24.
The victim has been identified as Md Noor Habi aka Doctor Wakkesh, 51, a resident of the block. He had been working as a Majhi (Rohingya camp leader) at Camp No. 9.
“Habi was sleeping at home when dozens of masked men took him outside at gunpoint and attacked him with a gun and sharp weapons. The criminals fled before the law enforcers arrived at the scene,” Ali said, citing locals.
The Armed Police Battalion and Ukhiya police took him to a local International Organisation of Migration (IOM) hospital.
The doctor present there declared him brough dead.
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