Unidentified assailants on Tuesday stabbed to death a Rohingya who was said to be vocal against the activities of the militant group ARSA at a camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
The deceased is identified as Hafez Syed Hossain, a resident of the No 19 Tanjimarkhola camp at the Rohingya camp.
Saiful Islam, a resident of the camp, said the miscreants wearing masks stabbed Hafez with sharp weapons indiscriminately and left him dead on the spot.
“The terrorists left the spot firing blanks to create panic among residents,” he said, suspecting that the attackers might be members of ‘ARSA’.
"Hafez Sayed was vocal against terrorism activities of ARSA which might have led to the killing," he said.
Faruk Ahmed, assistant superintendent of police of the Armed Police Battalion (APBN), said they are looking for the reason behind the murder and efforts are on to nab the criminals.
Earlier on October 16, unidentified assailants killed two Rohingya leaders at a Rohingya camp in Ukhiya upazila.
The deceased - Moulvi Yunus and Anwar, served as head majhi and sub-head majhi respectively of camp number 13 in Ukhiya.
Till now, 14 people have been killed inside the camps in the last four months, of whom eight were serving in voluntary community leadership roles such as 'majhi' and head majhi.
