Omar Faruk (30), President of ward No 9 unit of Jubo League, the youth wing of Awami League (AL) was gun downed by Rohingyas at Jadimura in Cox’s Bazar District in the Chittagong Division on August 22, reports The Independent. Osman Goni, elder brother of the Faruk, alleged that a group of Rohingyas picked Faruk up from near his house and gunned him down at a nearby hill.
Meanwhile, hundreds of agitated locals on August 23, stormed a Rohingya camp and vandalised makeshift houses and NGO offices in Teknaf municipality of Cox's Bazar District following the murder of Omar Faruk, reports Dhaka Tribune. They burned tyres and plastic boxes to block a five-kilometre road from the Teknaf municipality to Leda Point for three hours. The residence of Rohingya leader Noor Mohammad was also torched. Since the 2017 influx, two other locals were also killed allegedly by Rohingyas and there have been reports of attacks on Police and harassment of journalists by the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals. Bangladesh is currently hosting more than 1.1 million Rohingyas who fled from Myanmar over the years.