Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 26 Dec 2022, 05:37 am Print
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Dhaka: A Rohingya leader has been shot dead in a refugee camp in Bangladesh's Ukhiya region, media reports said on Monday.
The deceased person was identified as Shafiullah Shafiq.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) of 8th Armed Police Battalion (APBn) Md Farooq Ahmed told Dhaka Tribune Shafiq was returning from the annual program of a madrasa in his camp in the morning. A group of unidentified miscreants opened fired at him and he died on the spot.
The attackers fled the spot after the incident.
APBn is carrying out operations to nab the perpetrators, Ahmed told the newspaper.
Mohammad Iqbal, a resident of Ukhiya's Balukhali Katupalong Camp-8 East, told Dhaka Tribune Shafiullah was always vocal in the dispute of ARSA (Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army) in the camp. Maybe he was gunned down because of this.
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