Violence breaks out in Bangladesh: Three killed as conflict spreads in Khagrachari region, police deployed

At least three people killed and several others were injured as violence broke out in parts of the southeastern Bangladesh hills between aboriginal tribesmen and the settler Bengali community over alleged gang rape of a tribal girl. Police confirmed the deaths of three men without elaborating on their identities, while residents and witnesses said both feuding sides turned violent, setting ablaze each other’s businesses and households in Khagrachhari hill district, some 270 kilometres northeast of Dhaka on the motorway.

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