Killing of Rohingya refugee children: two arrested



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The raid was carried out in the registered Nayapara refugee camp in the Hnila junction of Teknaf upazila at 8:15 pm on Monday, said SP Mohammad Tariqul Islam, commander of Cox’s Bazar 17 APBN.

The detainees are Md. From Block B of the Teknaf Nayapara Registered Refugee Camp. Azimullah’s son, Rahmat Ullah (23) and Sanjida Akhter (35), wife of Rahmat Ullah from Block C of the same camp.

The detainees are family members, APBN reported.

On the morning of March 2, an eight-year-old Rohingya boy named Shahinur Akter disappeared from his home in the Nayapara refugee camp in Teknaf.

Three days after the disappearance, APBN recovered the boy’s mutilated body from the mountainous area adjacent to the camp on the afternoon of March 5. An arm of the boy was also detached from the body.

SP Tariqul said APBN had received preliminary information about involvement in the kidnapping and murder of a Rohingya child.

According to the slain boy’s parents, an APBN team raided the Nayapara registered refugee camp in Teknaf on Monday night.

“Two people, including a woman, were arrested in connection with the murder of a child abducted from a home. Those arrested are related to each other.”

The detainees have been turned over to the Teknaf police station as defendants in the murder case, the official said.



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