Twenty-nine members of Myanmar's Border Guard Police (BGP) crossed the border in Bangladesh this morning amid fighting between the Myanmar junta and the rebel Arakan Army in Rakhine State.
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Public Relations Officer Shariful Islam confirmed the development in the afternoon.
He said 29 BGP members from Angthapaya Camp of Myanmar's BGP have taken shelter in Bangladesh through Jamchari Border Out Post (BOP), the border area under 11 Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Battalion in Naikhongchhari.
Locals said these BGP members entered Bangladesh through the Jamchari border area around yesterday.
The BGB members disarmed them and took them into their custody.
Amid the ongoing fighting between the Myanmar junta force and rebel Arakan Army along the bordering areas, a Bangladeshi woman and a Rohingya man were killed when a mortar shell fired from Myanmar exploded in Bandarban's Ghumdhum union.
Nurul Abshar, Chairman of Naikshyongchari Sadar Union, said that at noon, BGP members entered through the Naikshyongchari border to save his life. I don't know how many entered. However, BGB members can speak well about this issue.
