“Local people informed me about the firing and explosions on the other side of the Naf river at the Kharangkhali border,” said Noor Ahmed Anwari, president of the Vaikong Union Council. I have informed this to the Upazila Nirbahi Officer.”
Meanwhile, three mortar rounds were heard from Nalbanna village in Maungdaw city of Myanmar at around 5 pm, said a member of ward no. 9, Abdus Salam, of Border Sabrang Union Council. “Fear spread among the local people when Shah Parir Island was also shaken by the sound wave.”
He said many Rohingya are trying to enter Bangladesh due to cross-border clashes.