At Least 5 Children Die in Monsoon Landslide at a Rohingya Camp in Bangladesh
Heavy monsoon rains triggered the landslide at a Rohingya camp, and authorities said more than 1,000 refugees had already been relocated from risky hillsides.
- On Wednesday, a monsoon landslide swamped an Islamic school in a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, killing seven children and their teacher, Bangladesh Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Mohammed Mizanur Rahman confirmed.
- More than 1.2 million Rohingya refugees live in crowded, makeshift shelters on unstable hillsides cleared of forests, many having fled a 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar that remains the subject of a genocide case at The United Nations.
- Following landslides that killed eight others on July 6, rescuers continued operations Wednesday evening where local Fire Service and Civil Defense chief Dollar Tripura reported five injured children were rescued from the school.
- Authorities have relocated more than 1,000 refugees from at-risk hilly areas; however, United Council of Rohingya president Sayed Ullah said "we don't see proper coordination over the accommodation of the Rohingya, and that is reflected in these accidents."
- The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre in Dhaka predicts torrential rain will persist for four days, while Bangladesh continues urging the international community to assist with repatriating refugees to Myanmar, though the process remains stalled.
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Eight Killed As Landslide Hits Bangladesh Girls' School
What should have been an ordinary afternoon of learning turned into heartbreak in Bangladesh. A landslide buried a girls’ religious school inside the world’s largest refugee camp.At least seven students and one teacher were killed after mud and debris swept over the Islamic study centre in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday. Rescue workers and local residents rushed to the scene, digging frantically through thick mud to save those trapped beneath the coll…
A landslide caused by a monsoon has buried a girls' school in Bangladesh, killing eight people, mostly children. Authorities have warned of further rainfall.
Children, Teacher Killed In Bangladesh Landslide At World’s Largest Rohingya Refugee Camp
by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Chief International Correspondent COX’S BAZAR, BANGLADESH (Worthy News) – At least seven children and a teacher were killed Wednesday when heavy monsoon rains triggered a landslide at the world’s largest Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh, officials said. The landslide struck a makeshift school while classes were underway, burying the structure beneath mud and debris as rescuers raced to reach those tr…
Landslide kills eight at refugee school in Bangladesh
Rescuers clawed through liquid earth to drag out the bodies of the children, who drowned in the mud that swamped their school hut as they studied. More than 1.2 million Rohingya refugees, many who fled Myanmar during a brutal military crackdown in 2017, live in crowded refugee camps in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar. Many refugees live in crowded, basic shelters on hillsides cleared of forests -- making the land unstable when monsoon rains pour down. …
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