At least three Rohingyas have reportedly been killed, and another person severely injured, after landmine went off on Myanmar border in the wee hours of Sunday.
“The incident took place early Sunday near Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari border while they were fleeing the ongoing atrocities in Rakhine state,” said a BGB member.
“The injured Rohingya has been taken to hospital,” he added.
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Myanmar laid landmines across a section of its border with Bangladesh to prevent the return of Rohingya Muslims fleeing the violence following army crackdown.
The current crisis was triggered by an attack on August 25 by Rohingya insurgents on Myanmar security forces, which has led to the killing of over thousand people and the exodus of nearly 3,00,000 Rohingyas to neighbouring Bangladesh.