Five more bodies have been recovered following the capsize of a boat carrying Rohingyas from Myanmar to Bangladesh, raising the death toll in the incident to 18.
Published : 10 Oct 2017, 03:09 AM
Teknaf Police Station OC Md Mainuddin Khan confirmed the death toll to bdnews24.com on Monday night.
He said the five bodies were found around 10pm.
At least 30 people went missing and eight were rescued when the boat sank at Golartek in the Naf river on Sunday night.
Until Monday afternoon, the authorities found 13 bodies, including 10 children.
The Rohingyas are crossing the border in large numbers into Bangladesh since the Myanmar military began a crackdown on insurgents on Aug 25.
Over half a million Rohingyas have joined the 400,000 refugees in Bangladesh in the latest exodus. Myanmar denies the persecuted ethnic minority citizenship.