Myanmar ordnance kills 1 in Bangladesh

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 18, 2022 12:16 am

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh: A 18-year-old Rohingya man was killed and at least six more people injured Friday when mortar shells fired from Myanmar landed inside Bangladesh, officials and Rohingya sources said.

Some 1 million mostly Muslim Rohingya refugees live in dozens of camps in Bangladesh's southeastern border district of Cox's Bazar, after vast numbers fled a crackdown by the military of Buddhist-majority Myanmar in 2017

STRAY MUNITION This file photo shows soldiers marching in formation during a military parade marking Myanmar’s 77th Armed Forces Day in the capital Naypyitaw on March 27, 2022. A 18-year-old Rohingya man was killed and at least six more people injured on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, when mortar shells fired from Myanmar landed inside Bangladesh, officials and Rohingya sources said. XINHUA PHOTO

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