Many households in Khagrachhari and Rangamati fled, abandoning burning houses and companies.
Despite intensive patrols by the Bangladesh military, police and border guard, residents stay tense.
“A tense state of affairs prevails… Police and safety forces are patrolling collectively, hoping that peace shall be restored quickly,” stated Ahsan Habib, deputy inspector basic of police in Chittagong.
The lynching of the Bangladeshi man triggered retaliatory assaults towards ethnic minority communities, officers stated.
Dozens of houses and companies, principally belonging to Buddhist minorities, have been torched or attacked. Buddhist temples turned targets and loudspeakers in native mosques have been used to incite Bengali mobs, witnesses stated.
In response, native authorities imposed Section 144, a curfew-like measure, in Khagrachhari and Rangamati.
