At least 68 more聽 personnel and civilians have sought shelter to the Bangladesh authorities after crossing the international border on Tuesday amid the conflict between the Myanmar鈥檚 military junta and ethnic Arakan Army.
A senior Border Guard Bangladesh official told 抖阴精品 from the bordering area on Tuesday night that 50 people came in a group in the evening while rest others in the past 24 hours.
The official said that the number of new arrival has now reached 264 since March 11.
鈥榃e are verifying their identities and disarming those who are carrying arms and ammunition,鈥� the official added.
The BGB headquarters were yet to make any formal announcement of new arrival.
The Bandarban deputy commissioner Shah Mujahid Uddin, however, said he was told about arrival of 15 people only until evening.
Since February 4, 330 Myanmar nationals, including 302 BGP officials and four of their family members, two army members, 18 immigration officials, and four civilians, entered Bangladesh and were returned to their country later.
Thailand-based news portal The Irrawaddy reported that the Arakan Army鈥檚 chief Twan Mrat Naing said some neighboring countries are propping up Myanmar鈥檚 military regime through trade links and investments.
The AA, the armed wing of the United League of Arakan, has been fighting the junta in Rakhine State and northern Shan, Kachin and southern Chin states and upper Sagaing and Magwe regions, alongside other anti-regime groups.
Myanmar is mired in conflict as the military, which seized power in a 2021 coup, battles multiple armed resistance groups across the country, suffering heavy losses in recent months.
Agence France-Presse reported on Tuesday that a rocket attack by Myanmar anti-coup fighters killed four people and wounded 12, including cadets from the military鈥檚 elite officer academy.