Two bodies found in Maungdaw south

Two bodies found in Maungdaw south

Two dead bodies with several stab wounds were found by villagers at Thawin Chaung Village on May 5, according to a local resident.

The victims were identified as madrasa student Arafat Hussain, 17, and a driver named Armat Ullah, 19. Both were from Thawin Chaung Village, said Mohin, a Rohingya villager from Maungdaw south.

The villagers informed the local police station. Police sent the two bodies to the hospital and opened an investigation, a police source told Kaladan News.

The two teenagers were believed to have been killed on the evening of May 4 by a group of robbers. The villagers said a gang of robbers from Teknaf, in neighboring Bangladesh, has been terrorizing the local residents and shot and wounded another man in April.

Edited by Laignee Barron

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