At least one died and six other people sustained critical injuries in firing and mortar shelling from across the Myanmar border in Gumdhum of Bandarban district on Friday.
The deceased has been identified as Md Iqbal, 17. His paternal cousin Erfanul Haque told Dhaka Tribune that the body has been kept at the Kutupalong MSF Hospital.
The mortar shells landed in no man’s land injuring three Rohingya people in the evening, locals reported.
Locals also said that bullets landed in a thicket beside the house of one Shah Alam in Konarpara, creating panic.
Earlier, a Bangladeshi man was injured in a landmine explosion along the Headmanpara border area at Tumbru.
The injured has been identified as 22-year-old Athwaing Tangchangya. He lost one of his legs during the explosion.
The incident took place at around 3:15pm near pillar no 35 of the Myanmar border.
Locals said Tangchangya went near the border area to get his cow, which may have triggered the landmine.
On September 8, firing, artillery, and mortar shelling continued on the Myanmar side of the Ghundhum border in Bandarban’s Naikhongchhari for the third consecutive day.
Panic spread anew in the area when heavy firing resumed along the border around 8am, local people said.
So far, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Myanmar envoy to Bangladesh thrice over the issue.
Dhaka lodged strong protests and expressed deep concern at air and artillery strikes landing inside Bangladeshi territory and violations of the country’s air space.
The Myanmar side claimed that its military launched airstrikes after the ethnic Rakhine armed organization the Arakan Army (AA) seized a police outpost on the border in Maungdaw Township in northern Rakhine State.
On August 28, the Myanmar border security force, Border Guard Police (BGP), hurled mortar shells at Tumbru no-man’s land area.
Two unexploded mortar shells were later recovered from the spot.
