Bangladesh arrests five over the killing of Rohingya activist
Al Jazeera
Mohibullah, who was in his late 40s, was killed by unknown gunmen in a camp in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday night.
Five Rohingya men have been arrested in connection with the killing of a prominent community leader in a refugee camp in Bangladesh, according to the police, adding that they were probing links to an armed group.
Mohibullah – a high-profile figurehead for the nearly one million-strong Muslim minority in Bangladesh – was killed by gunmen late on Wednesday in one of the sprawling camps in Cox’s Bazar district.
More than 750,000 Rohingya, one of the most persecuted minorities in the world, fled to Bangladesh in 2017 following a brutal military offensive carried out by the Myanmar military. Thousands of Rohingya were killed and their properties and farms destroyed, with the United Nations calling for Myanmar officials to face genocide charges.
