Rohingya refugee campfire was sabotage

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Criminals wanted to gain the upper hand in the camp with the arson attack about a week ago.

That says the head of the group of experts investigating the fire on behalf of the authorities in Cox Bazar on Monday. Who exactly is responsible for this has yet to be determined. The experts have already interviewed dozens of people, reviewed evidence and media reports.

According to the expert report, the March 5 fire destroyed 2,600 temporary shelters for at least 15,000 residents. There were no injuries or deaths. Most people who have lost their homes have now rebuilt it with the help of aid organizations. Most of these houses are made of bamboo and tarpaulins.

About one million Rohingya live in the world’s largest concentration of refugee camps in Bangladesh. Hundreds of thousands fled their predominantly Buddhist homeland of Myanmar in 2017 as the army launched an offensive against the Muslim minority. The UN describes their persecution as genocide. Bangladesh hopes they will return to Myanmar. So far, several repatriation attempts have failed due to concerns over the safety of the refugees.

According to the authorities, there are at least eleven different criminal gangs in the camps. There are always clashes in their quest for supremacy. The gangs also smuggle drugs from neighboring Myanmar.

(SDA)

Source: Blick