Panic in Ghumdhum as fresh gunfight starts in Myanmar near zero line
TheDaily Star Digital Report, Bangladesh, 3 February 2024
Sound of fresh gunshots and the explosion of mortar shellson the Myanmar side had been heard from the Tambru area from around 3:00pm andcontinued till 5:00pm, said Ghumdhum Union Parishad member Shafiqul Islam.
This situation has been calm for the last two days sinceThursday early morning; he said adding that now it has become violent again.
People have been feeling insecure and terrorized since thegunfight started in the daytime which usually started during the night for thelast few weeks, he said.
Violent clashes have been going on between the Myanmarmilitary junta and the Arakan Army, an armed ethnic group fighting as part ofan alliance in Rakhine state of Myanmar since October 27 last year.
The windshield of a CNG run three-wheeler was broken by abullet coming from Myanmar side when the vehicle was moving through Uttarpararoad in Tambru around half-kilometre away from zero line, Mainuddin, a residentof Tambru area.
However, no one was injured in the incident, he said.
UP member Shafiqul also confirmed the news.
"Sound of over 100 round gunshots and the explosion ofthree mortar shells I had heard from my shop at Tambru Bazar during the gunbattle in Myanmar, said Mohammed Shafiul Alam, owner of a tailoring shop at theBazar.
"I was frightened and shut my shop immediately and cameback to my home" he added.
People closed their shops at Tambru bazar after the gunfightstarted.
People living along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border stretchingfrom Bandarban's Naikhongchhari to Cox's Bazar's Teknaf are in constant feardue to the fight between the Myanmar military junta and the Arakan Army on thisborder intensified in recent weeks.
For the past several days, hundreds of people who live nearthe zero line along the border in Ghumdhum have been staying elsewhere out offear.
Photo: Benar News
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