The bloodshed is the most serious since hundreds were killed in communal clashes in the western Myanmar state of Rakhine in 2012. Aid workers, camp residents and authorities in Bangladesh estimated at least 500 Rohingya had fled Myanmar to Bangladesh since the October attacks. But on Tuesday, Bangladeshi border guards pushed back a large group of Rohingya trying to cross. The stateless Rohingya are seen by many Myanmar Buddhists as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. MANY DEAD BODIESFour Rohingya from northern Rakhine contacted by Reuters by telephone on Wednesday confirmed that hundreds were trying to escape and cross the river to Bangladesh.

Source: bd News24 November 16, 2016 13:44 UTC