The Oklahoman

Refugee leader Mohibullah shot and killed

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DHAKA, Bangladesh – Unidentified miscreants opened fire on a prominent leader of the Rohingya refugees, leaving him dead in a camp in Bangladesh, a police official said Wednesday.

Naimul Haque, a commander of the Armed Police Battalion in Cox’s Bazar, said in a statement that the gun attack on Mohibullah took place at the Kutupalong refugee camp at Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar district late Wednesday. Doctors in hospital declared him dead after he was rushed there. He is known by his one name.

No groups claimed responsibi­lity and it was not immediatel­y clear who was behind the attack.

Mohibullah, a teacher-turned-rights activist, emerged as a key Rohingya refugee leader and a spokesman representi­ng the refugees from neighborin­g Myanamr in internatio­nal meetings. The 50-year-old came to Bangladesh in 2017 when about 700,000 refugees fled Myanamr amid violence allegedly perpetrate­d by Myanmar soldiers.

In 2019, he represente­d the refugees on a visit to the White House for a meeting with then-U.S. President Donald Trump on religious freedom.

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