Bangladesh

Suspected landmines maim Rohingya fleeing Myanmar

Two Rohingya children – one of whom lost a leg – were injured by an apparent landmine blast as they tried to flee unrest in Myanmar on Tuesday, a Bangladesh border official said.The incident came after a Rohingya woman had a leg blown off in the same area on Monday, raising fears that the border area had been deliberately mined."They stepped onto some sort of explosives this morning and one of them lost his leg," border guard commander Manzurul Hasan Khan told AFP (Agence France-Pre

6 September 2017
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Bangladesh aids Myanmar against Rohingya rebels

Bangladesh has proposed joint military operations with Myanmar against Rohingya militants fighting in Rakhine state, as the UN raised fears over reports of civilians killed during fresh violence in recent days.An upsurge in fighting in Rakhine, an impoverished state neighbouring Bangladesh, has been raging since Friday when Rohingya militants staged coordinated ambushes against Myanmar's security forces.More than 100 people, including around 80 militants, have been confirmed killed in th

29 August 2017
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