bdnews24.com :
Six mortar shells fired from Myanmar have hit a Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) camp at Bandarban’s Alikadam.
BGB said the shells landed at the camp at Buluparha on the border with Myanmar from 9pm to 9:45pm on Wednesday. The force’s Bandarban Sector Commander Col Habibur Rahman said on
Thursday that no casualty had been reported so far but BGB fired several shells in retaliation. “Security and surveillance in the area have been intensified . We remain alert,” he said. The officer, however, declined to comment on media reports which said Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) shelling had damaged the helipad of the camp.
“The shells could not be recovered yet. Nothing could be known about the type of the shells.”
Myanmar border guards have formally been informed of the incident, he added. Referring to frequent clashes between Myanmar military and rebels, the BGB officer said, “Shells fired by any of them might have landed here.” Bangladesh shares with Myanmar 271-kilometre borders, including around 150 kilometres in hill areas. The relations of the two neighbours are strainedover the Rohingya refugee issue. BGP kidnapped a Bangladesh border guard following a clash in the Naf river at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar in June last year. Another BGB man was injured in the incident.
Six mortar shells fired from Myanmar have hit a Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) camp at Bandarban’s Alikadam.
BGB said the shells landed at the camp at Buluparha on the border with Myanmar from 9pm to 9:45pm on Wednesday. The force’s Bandarban Sector Commander Col Habibur Rahman said on
Thursday that no casualty had been reported so far but BGB fired several shells in retaliation. “Security and surveillance in the area have been intensified . We remain alert,” he said. The officer, however, declined to comment on media reports which said Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) shelling had damaged the helipad of the camp.
“The shells could not be recovered yet. Nothing could be known about the type of the shells.”
Myanmar border guards have formally been informed of the incident, he added. Referring to frequent clashes between Myanmar military and rebels, the BGB officer said, “Shells fired by any of them might have landed here.” Bangladesh shares with Myanmar 271-kilometre borders, including around 150 kilometres in hill areas. The relations of the two neighbours are strainedover the Rohingya refugee issue. BGP kidnapped a Bangladesh border guard following a clash in the Naf river at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar in June last year. Another BGB man was injured in the incident.
