Rohingya man crushed by fallen tree in Cox's Bazar

A Rohingya man was killed as a tree collapsed on him due to strong wind and heavy rainfall in Jamtoli area of Balukhali Rohingya camp in Ukhia on Tuesday morning.

The deceased was identified as Mohammad Ali, 23.

Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Md Nikaruzzaman Chowdhury said the incident took place around 9:30am when a tree collapsed on Ali during storm, leaving him dead on the spot.

Heavy rains and squally weather have started battering the Rohingya refugees living in makeshift camps in the Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya upazila and no man’s land between Bangladesh’s Konarpara and Myanmar’s Tambru border points.

A Rohingya minor boy was killed and his mother injured after a mud wall of their hut collapsed on them during a storm at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhiya on Monday morning.

The boy was identified as three-year-old Faruk, son of Abdur Shukkur and Sokhina Khatun, according to sources from the camp and Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Md Nikaruzzaman Chowdhury.