News
No. 92/2012, Thursday,
September 20, 2012
SUSPECTED Santu Larma loyalists have shot dead two
members of the United Peoples’ Democratic Front (UPDF) in Dighinala, Khgrachari
district.
The
deceased have been identified as Boithang Khiang, 18, from Gungurung Para
in the southern CHT district of Bandarban and Ramesh Chakma, 18, from Nokachara
village in Dighinala.
The
former belong to the most endangered Khiang nationality in the CHT while the
later was a new recruit.
The
attack took place at 6:30pm today at
a house in Kamukyachara village when the UPDF men were preparing to have
dinner.
Two
UPDF men died on the spot when the gunmen shot them from close range. After the
incident police found 8 rounds of spent ammunition from there.
UPDF
has condemned the killing as ‘cowardice’ and said, ‘It’s merely a reflection of
the growing frustration and desperation that has engulfed Santu group.’
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