Three Rohingya children have drowned after a boat carrying refugees from Myanmar capsized in the Bay of Bengal, off the Teknaf coast in Cox’s Bazar. Local fishermen rescued 51 other Rohingya men, women and children from the sea at Sabrang’s Khurermukh area where the boat went down around 4am on Thursday, witnesses and police said. The deceased children were identified as Mohammad Yasin’s four-month-old daughter Omar Salama, Abdul Aziz’s seven-month-old son Mohammad Ayub, and Abdul Hai’s seven-year-old son Abdul Nabi. One of the rescued Rohingyas said 54 people from Dongkhali Balur Char in Maungdaw had boarded the engine-driven fishing boat on Wednesday night to cross over to Bangladesh. After failing to enter the Naf River, the boat had gone on the west bank of Teknaf by sea, but overturned after getting caught in strong currents.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 08, 2018 16:07 UTC