Escalating Myanmar Conflict Threatens Bangladesh Border in Bandarban by Piyas Biswas / SOPA Images
The BGP's conflict with the Arakan Army, an armed rebel group inside Myanmar, continues unabated. Sustained firing, the sound of mortar shells bursting could be heard across the Bangladesh-Myanmar border area. Bullets and mortar shells fired from Myanmar are coming across the border in the towns of Bangladesh. Samsul Alam (55) a farmer was injured in firing from the Myanmar side. He said that the sound of gunfire was heard on the border since the morning of February 04. One of his daughters married near the border area. Fearing an accident, he went to their house to bring them home. While returning home with them, he was shot in the back from behind.
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