Fifty eight Myanmar border guards take refuge in Bangladesh

Fifty eight Myanmar border guards take refuge in Bangladesh

COXS BAZAR: At least 58 soldiers of Myanmar paramilitary Border Guard Police (BGP) today took refuge in Bangladesh fleeing their posts amid reports of heavy gunfights between the government troops and the rebels in the junta-run country.
"Fifty eight BGP personnel took shelter in Bangladesh throughout the day since the predawn hours. Fourteen of them crossed the border with bullet wounds and are being treated at different hospitals including health facilities in Rohingya camps," said an official familiar with the development.
He added the paramilitary soldiers were kept under their counterpart Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) custody in Cox Bazar while the weapons they carried with them were deposited in BGB cache.