Boat carrying 130 rohingyas to Bangladesh overturned

A boat carrying 130 rohingyas who were fleeing from Myanmar to escape the violence, had capsized off Bangladesh. Atleast 14 bodies have been washed off shore.

At least 10 children and four women were killed when a boat carrying overturned just yards from the coast after apparently hitting a submerged object and was later washed ashore in two parts along with the victims’ bodies.

The number of new arrivals has topped 500,000 refugees. The UN visit to Myanmar’s conflict-battered Rakhine state was postponed, UN has been trying to reach the area which is centre of violence since the time violence erupted.

“They drowned before our eyes,” said Mohammad Sohel, a local shopkeeper.

“Minutes later, the waves washed the bodies to the beach.”