COX BAZAR , Sept 17, 2022 : A 18-year-old Rohingya man was killed and at least six more people injured on Friday evening when mortar shells fired from Myanmar landed inside Bangladesh, officials and Rohingya sources said.
At the same time, across the border in Rakhine state, the Myanmar military regularly clashes with the Arakan Army, which has for years fought a war for autonomy for the area's ethnic Rakhine population. Lieutenant-General Faizur Rahman, head of operations of the Border Guards Bangladesh, told AFP that a Rohingya was killed in the shelling.A senior Bangladeshi civilian official said at least six more people had been injured at Konapara, a border village inside Bangladesh.
Earlier this month, Dhaka expressed"deep concern over falling mortar shells inside Bangladesh territory, indiscriminate aerial firing from Myanmar in the bordering areas, and air space violation from Myanmar".
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