Violence Escalates In Bangladesh’s Hill Tracts As Locals Lynch Second Settler In Weeks
By Ahammad Foyez
Violence erupted again in Bangladesh’s restive Chittagong Hill Tracts region on Tuesday after members of an indigenous community lynched a settler for allegedly raping a local student, in the second such killing in under two weeks.
Authorities banned public gatherings in the Khagrachhari Sadar sub-district after at least 12 people were injured in clashes between members of the indigenous and settler communities following the lynching.
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