The microbus carrying the three journalists was vandalized by a mob who suspected them of being child traffickers | Dhaka TribuneA mob suspected them of being child traffickersThree German journalists covering the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh were attacked by a mob of Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar on Thursday afternoon. According to Additional Superintendent of Police Iqbal Hossain, the three German journalists visited the Kutupalong refugee camp earlier in the day for their work. On the way back, they bought a Rohingya family clothes from Lombasia Bazar, where a group of Rohingyas thought they were attempting to smuggle the children abroad. The Rohingyas attacked the journalists, their interpreter Md Shihabuddin and driver Nabiul Alam, and ransacked their car. The attackers also grabbed the passports and other belongings of the journalists before leaving.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 21, 2019 12:22 UTC