UN warning for Myanmar: Rohingya Muslims flee as violence spreads
The UN is warning of a risk of increased violence in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state. It’s home to the minority Rohingya community.
The UN says it’s received reports of Rohingya being killed in an area captured by a rebel group known as the Arakan Army.
It says 45,000 have been forced from their homes by fighting in the towns of Buthidaung and Maungdaw.
Many have fled to the town of Cox’s Bazar in neighbouring Bangladesh.
Meanwhile, a fire has destroyed hundreds of makeshift structures at a camp housing Rohingya refugees in the town of Cox’s Bazar, in southeastern Bangladesh.
Thousands have been left without shelter after the blaze quickly spread through tightly congested shacks on Friday.
A few people are reported to have been injured but no one has died.
Local media reports indicate the fire may have started at a warehouse belonging to an NGO.
Al Jazeera’s Tanvir Chowdry has more on that fire from a camp in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh.
Ishita Kumar is the head of Rohingya Crisis Programme at Legal Action Worldwide.
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