20 Rohingya shot dead in Cox's Bazar refugee camp: Latest update

Seven other people were also injured in Monday's attack. Police said the attack was carried out by Myanmar's armed group Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) at around 4 am.

All the deceased were members of another Myanmar armed group, the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO).

Police said that upon receiving information, members of the Armed Police Battalion (APBN) rushed to the spot but the ARSA militants opened fire on the police and the APBN retaliated in self-defence. At one point, the ARSA militants fled to the hills and the situation calmed down.

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