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Bangladesh panel says fire at Rohingya camps ‘planned sabotage’

Rohingya refugee camp that has been destroyed after a fire broke out is pictured, in Balukhali in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, March 5, 2023. REUTERS/Ro Yassin Abdumon

Dhaka, Bangladesh 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. Nearly 2,800 shelters and more than 90 facilities including hospitals and learning centres were destroyed in the fire on 5th March, leaving more than 12,000 people […]