[ Hub News ] Over 100 shops, houses of Chakma community torched in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts

The article reports that over 100 homes and shops belonging to the indigenous Chakma community were set ablaze by illegal settlers in the Boalkhali and Dighinala Sadar areas of Khagrachari district, Bangladesh, on September 19, 2024. Eyewitnesses claimed that the Bangladesh Army, stationed nearby, did not intervene and allegedly supported the attackers .This incident followed a large indigenous march demanding rights and recognition¹. The attack is seen as retaliation for the peaceful march, highlighting the growing insecurity faced by indigenous communities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.

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