COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh: At least nine Rohingya were missing after a boat carrying them capsized in the Naf, a shared waterway between Bangladesh and Myanmar, police said Friday.
The Rohingya were believed to be fleeing ongoing fighting in Myanmar's Rakhine state between the military and the Arakan Army, an ethnic minority rebel group.
Local Bangladeshi fishermen rescued 18 men after they spotted the sinking boat, officials said. The men were turned over to the Border Guard Bangladesh.
"Some nine individuals are still missing," Saiful Islam, the police officer in charge of Teknaf district, told AFP.
Rashid Ahmed, a local resident, said the boat lost control and sank due to strong currents and rough waves.
