Published : 12 Jan 2026, 03:31 AM
Updated : 21 Aug 2026, 03:00 PM
Huzaifa Afnan, a child wounded by a bullet fired from Myanmar, had gone to buy breakfast from a shop with her grandfather in the morning.
The 9-year-old victim, a resident of Whykong Union near the border, was initially reported dead by police after being shot.
Her uncle Shawkat Ali brought her from Teknaf to Chattogram on Sunday afternoon.
She is undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH), where doctors described her condition as "critical", and she was put on life support.
Her uncle Shawkat said there had been shelling across the border for the past three days.
“Our house is about three kilometres from the Myanmar border. I heard shelling throughout Saturday night, and the gunfire increased in the morning.
“There was heavy fog when fighting broke out across the border between the Arakan Army and ARSA, so we kept the children indoors.
“Huzaifa was shot while out with her grandfather to buy breakfast.”
He also claimed no Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members were seen in the area during the shelling.
