Near Bangladesh's St. Martin island, the Myanmar Junta Navy opened fire, killing one fisherman and injuring two more

Narinjara News, 11 Oct, 2024

According to a report by The Daily Star in Dhaka, on Wednesday, the Myanmar Junta Navy opened fire on Bangladeshi fishing boats in the Bay of Bengal near St. Martin's Island, killing one fisherman and injuring two more.

According to the report, junta authorities not only killed but also arrested at least forty fishermen and then turned them over to the Bangladesh Coast Guard.

The incident happened close to St. Martin island in Bangladesh, according to Adnan Chowdhury, Township Administrative Officer (UNO) of Teknaf Upazila in Cox's Bazar, a district in the southernmost portion of the country near Myanmar.

He said this afternoon that the Bangladesh Coast Guard is transporting the fishermen to Teknaf.

As they get to Teknaf, information regarding the event will become available, he stated.

Five fishermen were fishing in the Naf River on Monday when they were kidnapped by the Arakan Army, a rebel group from Myanmar. On October 9, AA turned them over to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).

The eight months of intense warfare in the Rakhine State between the Arakan Army and the Myanmar government troops has left the neighboring areas with Myanmar in a state of chaos. The majority of the territory, including Maungdaw Township, has been taken over by the Arakan Army, with the exception of the border police headquarters Nakaka (5) on the Bangladeshi border.