The people in bordering areas of Teknaf upazila in Cox鈥檚 Bazar district had to pass sleepless night after midnight past Wednesday as panic gripped them due to sounds of gunshots and bomb explosions in Myanmar territory.
After silence for a long period, explosions could be heard at the night in Sadar, Waikong Unchiprang, Sabrang Shahpari Island and St Martin鈥檚 Island of the upazila, locals said.
Rafiq Ullah of Hnila area under the upazila said that everyone in his house woke up as they could hear the sounds of continuous explosions from 1:30am on Thursday.
鈥楴one of my family could sleep till Thursday morning,鈥� he said.
Shakil Hossain of St Martin鈥檚 Island鈥檚 Dakshinpara area said that they could hear the sounds of explosions in the midnight.聽 鈥楢fter a long time, the sounds of explosions were heard from St Martin鈥檚 Island.鈥�
Sabarang Union Parishad聽 chairman Nur Hossain said that the sounds of explosions were heard for several hours since midnight past Wednesday. 鈥楴o such sound could be heard from morning to evening on Thursday.鈥�
He assumed that that several bordering villages in Myanmar, including Kadirbil and Mongnipara in Maungdaw township of Myanmar, were attacked.
On August 14, a total of 13 members of the Border Guard Police fled conflict in Myanmar and took refuge in Bangladesh to save their lives from the attacks of Arakan Army.
