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In Bandarban operation, Bangladesh targets Muslim militant-hill tribe rebel link
[BenarNews] Bangladeshi security forces have launched a crackdown on a nascent armed tribal group that, officials allege, helped train a budding Moslem Death Eater group in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, a restive southeastern region near the borders with Myanmar and India. The joint campaign by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), an elite police unit, and the army has led to the arrests so far of at least 10 suspected members of the groups, since the operation began on Oct. 10 in one of the remotest areas in Bandarban, a district in the Hill Tracts region, authorities said.The Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF), an armed hill tribe group, made headlines recently as they demanded an autonomous region for the indigenous Kuki people, many of whom now follow Christianity, in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). The group’s members posed with weapons for social media posts and YouTube videos. Officials say they have uncovered a strong link between the national front and what they assert is a newly formed Moslem Death Eater group, Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya (JAFHS). Posted by: trailing wife 2022-10-30 |
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