Two Rohingya leaders hacked dead in Cox’s Bazar
Two Rohingya leaders have been hacked to death in a refugee camp at Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar, police said.
The deceased are Md Anwar, 32, and Md Yunus, 35, both residents of block-F at Palongkhali union’s No.13 Thaingkhali camp.
But the killings took place at block-18/A of Balukhali No. 19 camp on Saturday evening.
Anwar was the main leader or chief majhi and Yunus was his deputy.
The two were speaking with volunteers near a shop when a group of 15-20 perpetrators attacked them. The attackers indiscriminately hacked them, leaving the duo critically injured.
Yunus was declared brought dead after being rushed to a local hospital, while Anwar died undergoing treatment there.
Additional forces have been deployd in the area, Armed Police Battalion said, adding that the bodies were sent to a morgue for autopsy.