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Landslides in Rohingya Camps: Death toll rises to 10.

Landslides in Rohingya Camps: Death toll rises to 10

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The death toll from landslides in separate Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar's Ukhiya upazila on Wednesday has risen to 10. Of the victims, eight were Rohingyas, and two were Bangladeshi nationals.

The victims died in five separate landslides between Wednesday (19 June) midnight and morning, said Osman Gani, officer-in-charge (OC) of Ukhiya Police Station.

The landslides affected Ukhiya Rohingya camps No. 1, 8, 9, 10 and 14, he added. The deceased from camp-1 was identified as Putni Begum, 34, daughter of Sultan Ahmad of F-5 Block, while 4-year-old Md Harez was killed in the landslide at block B-82 under camp no 8.

The victims from camp-9 were Md Hossain Ahmed, 50, and Anwara Begum, 18 and 3-year-old Md Salman. And the victims from camp no 10 were identified as Abu Meher, 25, Shahana 22, Abul Kalam, 50 and Selima Khatun, 45.

Besides, 12-year-old Abdul Karim, son of Shah Alam from Ukhiya's Thaingkhali area, died in camp no 14.

The two Bangladeshis were Hossain Ahmed from Chattogram's Satkania, who died in camp-9 and Abdul Karim, who lived beside Ukhiya Rohingya camp-14.

Fire service personnel and police are conducting rescue operations with the help of locals, added the OC.