Heavy sound of mortar shells and bomb blasts heard at Teknaf border

A clash between the armed rebel group Arakan Army and forces supported by the Myanmar's junta caused severe shivers in some areas of the Teknaf border of Cox's Bazar on Monday night.

Heavy sound of mortar shells and bomb blasts were heard across the border at night. The sound of these mortar shells and bomb explosions was so intense that residents of Teknaf Municipality, Sabrang, and Noapara areas came out of their houses in fear and spent a sleepless night.

Youth Killed In Explosion

A Rohingya youth was killed in mine explosion inside Myanmar while catching crabs at Teknaf in the Naf River of Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar on Sunday afternoon.

The deceased was identified as Md Zubair, 19, son of Abdul Hamid, of Jadimura area of ​​Hnila union of Teknaf upazila.

Two people were injured in this incident. They are Shah Alam, 30, son of Noor Kamal, of the same area and Shukkur, 24, son of Md Mestori, of Damdamiya BGB camp adjacent area.

Inspector Tapan Kumar Biswas, in-charge of the Teknaf River police station, said that three Rohingya youths went to the Naf River to catch crabs. At one point, they crossed the border line of the Naf River and went to the area called Laldia Char in Myanmar.

At one stage of crab catching, a mine buried in clay exploded with a loud noise. All of them were injured. They reached the waters of Bangladesh by floating in the water.

The police official also said that among the injured, Shah Alam and Md Shukkur returned home but were seriously injured.