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Bangladesh Panel Says Fire at Rohingya Camps 'Planned Sabotage’

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Nearly 2,800 shelters and more than 90 facilities including hospitals and learning centres were destroyed in the fire on March 5. More than 1 million Rohingya refugees live in tens of thousands of huts made of bamboo and thin plastic sheeting in camps in the border district of Cox's Bazar. Most fled a military-led crackdown in Myanmar in 2017.

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BBC News

Rohingya camp fire was 'planned sabotage' - investigators

Militants set the fire to "dominate" the world's largest refugee camp, Bangladesh investigators say.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

Bangladesh panel says fire at Rohingya camps 'planned sabotage’

DHAKA (Reuters) - A fire that left thousands of Rohingya Muslims homeless in Bangladesh camps was a "planned act of sabotage", a panel investigating the blaze said on Sunday. Read full story

1 year ago·Malaysia

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Channel News Asia

Bangladesh panel says fire at Rohingya camps 'planned sabotage’

DHAKA: A fire that left thousands of Rohingya Muslims homeless in Bangladesh camps was a "planned act of sabotage", a panel investigating the blaze said on Sunday (Mar 12). Nearly 2,800 shelters and more than 90 facilities including hospitals and learning centres

1 year ago·Singapore

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National Post

Bangladesh panel says fire at Rohingya camps 'planned sabotage'

DHAKA -- A fire that left thousands of Rohingya Muslims homeless in Bangladesh camps was a "planned act of sabotage," a panel investigating the blaze said on Sunday.

1 year ago·Canada

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WION

Rohingya camp fire was 'planned and purposeful act of sabotage,' probe panel says

Investigators probing the Rohingya camp fire that happened earlier this month have concluded that it was a "planned and purposeful act of sabotage". The March 5 blaze ripped through the world's largest refugee camp in Bangladesh, destroying 2,800 shelters and leaving 15,000 Rohingya refugees homeless. There were no casualties reported from the incident. A seven-person panel was formed to probe the tragic incident. “The fire was a planned act of

1 year ago·Noida, India

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Arab News

Bangladesh probe suggests ‘sabotage’ behind devastating fire at Rohingya camps

DHAKA: A huge fire that has left thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh camps without shelter was a “planned act of sabotage” by groups attempting to exert influence, a panel investigating the blaze said on Monday. The fire broke out on March 5 in Cox’s Bazar, a southeastern coastal district and the world’s largest refugee settlement hosting around 1.2 million Rohingya

1 year ago·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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