Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Chittagong Hill Tracts churches burn

At least four places of worship, including a Protestant church, have been set ablaze following deadly violence between ethnic tribal groups and Bengali settlers in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts that has left at least three dead and 1,500 homeless.

The tribal people say that the army opened fire on them while Bengali settlers set their homes on fire in Gangaram Mukh and Baghaihat areas on Friday and Saturday [Feb. 19 and 20], UCA News reports
>more > http://www.cathnewsasia.com/2010/02/24/chittagong-hill-tracts-churches-burn/

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