Cox's
Bazar, July 19 (UNB)- Nine people including eight Rohingyas died in landslides
in separate Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar's Ukhiya upazila on Wednesday amid
heavy showers.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer
(UNO) Tanvir Hossain said big chunks of mud collapsed on a number of houses in
No 9 and 10 Rohingya camps around 6 am, leaving six and thee people dead
respectively on the spot.
Fire service personnel
and police are conducting rescue operations with the help of locals.
8 Armed Police Battalion
(APBN) Commander Additional DIG Md. Amir Zafar said separate landslides
occurred in Panbazar and Hakimpara areas of camps 9 and 10 in the early
morning.
The bodies of nine
people were recovered and the death toll may increase further, he said.
Ukhiya police station
Offive-in-Chave Shamim Hossain said they could not initially identify the
deceased.
The nine victims
included a four-year-old boy, a 12-year-old boy and several women, he said.
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