Myanmar border guards kill Rohingya

Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) shot dead a Rohingya fisherman when he was fishing in the Naf river in Teknaf upazila yesterday morning.

The dead is Kala Mia, 40. Kala, a Myanmar national, along with his family had been living in Teknaf illegally for long, according to police.

Moktar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Model Police Station, said Kala along with two other fishermen went to Nila point of the river for catching fish in the morning.

When Kala was netting fish in the river around 6:00am, the BGP men asked Kala to come to them. But Kala did not respond to the BGP's call. The BGP men then opened fire on Kala, leaving him dead on the spot, he added.