Two soldiers of the Bangladesh Army were killed and two officers injured in an attack by armed terrorists of Kuki-Chin National Army (KNA) in Ruma upazila of Bandarban district on Tuesday, said an ISPR press release issued on Wednesday.
The deceased were Altaf Ahmed and Md Touhid while the injured were Major Monwar and Captain Ishtiak Ahmed Shawkat.
According to the ISPR release, tipped off about a hideout of armed terrorists, a team of army, led by Major Monwar from Susingpara Army camp, conducted a drive at Jarulchharipara on Tuesday.
When they reached near a water fountain at Jarulchhari around 1:55pm, the armed KNA members opened fire on them and hurled improvised explosive device (IED) targeting the army personnel, leaving four of them injured.
Later, the wounded army personnel were airlifted to Chattogram Combined Military Hospital (CMH) where two soldiers succumbed to their injuries.
The injured army officers were undergoing treatment at the hospital.
The KNA is trying to create an anarchic environment through terrorist activities in the dense forests of Ruma, Rowangchari and Thanchi upazilas of Bandarban, the release added.
Army Chief General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed expressed deep grief over the untimely death of the martyred soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country and expressed his condolences to their families.
Earlier, on March 13, a senior army warrant officer was killed and two soldiers suffered injuries when members of the armed separatist group KNA opened fire on a patrol team in Rowangchhari of Bandarban.
