2 Rohingyas killed in Cox’s Bazar gunfight: RAB

Two Rohingyas were killed in what the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) called a gunfight with them in Shaplapur Marine Drive road in Teknaf upazila early Thursday, reports UNB.

The deceased were identified as Saiful Islam, 38, and Nur Kamal, 34. The RAB claimed that they were the members of ‘Jokhi Robbers Gang’.

Tipped off, a team of RAB-15 conducted a drive in the area around 1:00am where a group of robbers were preparing to commit a robbery, said company commander of RAB-15, Teknaf, Shahed Mahtab.

The robbers opened fire on the elite force, forcing them to fire back that triggered a gunfight.

At one stage, two ‘robbers’ were caught in the line of fire while the others managed to flee the scene.

Later, the RAB members recovered the bullet-hit bodies of two people.

Three RAB men were injured in the gunfight.

One pistol, 11 cartridges and one gun were recovered from the spot.