A Bangladeshi farmer has lost a leg in a mine explosion at the country’s border with Myanmar in Bandarban’s Naikkhyangchhari amid an ongoing conflict between the Myanmar military and rebels. The victim, 51-year old Mohammad Quader stepped on the mine after crossing the border at Cherarkul to bring back his cattle on Tuesday afternoon, said Ripon Chowdhury, an assistant sub-inspector at Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital’s police camp. Quader was brought to the Cox’s Bazar hospital in the evening and then transferred to Chattogram Medical College Hospital in a “critical condition”, Ripon said.

Source: bd News24 October 04, 2022 19:53 UTC