Wild Elephants Kill Two Refugees In Bangladesh

Reports coming from Bangladesh police reveals that wild elephants trampled two elderly Rohingya refugees to death Monday as they slept underneath a plastic sheet near a forest in Bangladesh.

The incident occurred on the outskirts of Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar district, where tens of thousands of Rohingya have set up makeshift shelters since fleeing violence across the border in Myanmar.

“We can confirm that two people were killed by wild elephants,” local police chief Abul Khaer told AFP, adding both the deceased were Rohingya civilians.

Recall that over 410,00 Rohingya arrived in Bangladesh since a fresh outbreak of violence started on August 25 in Myanmar’s westernmost Rakhine state.

Space at established refugee camps in Bangladesh has all but been exhausted, with new arrivals hacking away trees and other vegetation anywhere they can to erect shelters from the monsoon rain.

Many newly-arrived refugees are camping in the open or along roadsides, where they rush aid trucks for food and other desperately needed supplies.