Tension in Chittagong hills following ethnic clashes

Dhaka: Ethnic tension mounted in Bangladesh's southeastern hills following the recovery of a second body after clashes between tribesmen and Bengali speaking settlers, amid unconfirmed claims that seven persons had died in the violence.

The body of a tribesman was recovered taking the official toll in the clashes to two, as Army troops patrolled the area to prevent further violence, officials and witnesses said.


"Army troops continued to patrol the region as the local tribesmen and Bengali speaking settlers rallied in groups with lethal weapons at a remote subdistrict of the Sajek valley in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT)," a journalist present in the said over phone >more> http://www.zeenews.com/news605956.html