Fifty Rohingya bodies wash up on Bangladesh shore in four days

Bangladesh forces have retrieved 50 bodies in four days from the Naf River separating the country with Myanmar as tens of thousands Rohingya Muslims attempt to flee violence.

The latest was a woman found dead on the shore on Saturday, said police in the bordering region of Teknaf in Cox's Bazar.
 
Locals reported to police after they found a body floating on the river around 8am.
 
"The body has started to decompose. The woman, believed to be around 25 years old, was wearing Burmese attire," Teknaf police chief Md Mainuddin Khan told bdnews24.com.
 
Bodies have been washing up on Bangladesh shores since Wednesday, when authorities recovered four bodies from the river. Another 45 bodies were recovered in the next two days.
 
Citing UN sources, Reuters reported that about 38,000 Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh until Friday, a week after insurgents attacked police posts and an army base in Rakhine state, prompting clashes and a military counteroffensive.
 
Almost 400 people have died in fighting that has rocked the country's northwest for a week, according to latest official figures.
 
The clashes and ensuing army crackdown have killed about 370 Rohingya insurgents, 13 security forces, two government officials and 14 civilians, the Myanmar military said on Thursday.