Bodies of 26 Rohingya Muslims recovered from shipwrecks in Bangladesh

‘At least 26 people have been confirmed dead after three boats carrying an unknown number of Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar capsized in Bangladesh.
Lt. Col. S.M. Ariful Islam, a Bangladesh border guard commander, said Thursday that bodies of 15 children and 11 women were recovered from the Naf River at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar southeast of the country a day after the boats sank in the river.
The tragedy is the latest to come from a fresh exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to Bangladesh.
Militants claiming to defend the Rohingya in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine launched attacks last week on police and border guards to the north of the state. At least 100 were killed in the attacks and ensuing clashes. The attacks triggered a renewed crackdown by security forces and Buddhist mobs on Rohingya-populated villages in Rakhine, prompting many to leave their homes.’
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