The Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) has claimed to have killed two Rohingya men in a so-called gunfight with suspected drug smugglers along the borders with Myanmar at Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar, bdnews24 reported.

A border guard was also injured in the “gun battle” in East Farirbeel area under Palongkhali union on Monday afternoon, BGB Cox’s Bazar 34 Battalion commander Lt Col Ali Haider Azad Ahmed said.

An ID card issued by the UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, on one of the body helped BGB identify the duo, the colonel said.

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Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) between paddy field behind the border of Bangladesh after they fled from Budichong, Myanmar, and were crossing the Naf river, near Palongkhali, Bangladesh. Photo: EPA