Burmese Refugee Hospitalized After Attack 1/31/2010 Cox’sbazar: A Burmese Muslim refugee from Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh was hospitalized on Friday after a group of Bangladesh villagers attacked him with blades near a refugee camp, said another refugee. "He received critical injuries in the attack and now he is hospitalized at the refugee camp hospital. His condition is very bad," he said. 50-year-old Mr. Musata Kamal, who is a UN recognized refugee, was attacked by around 12 Bangladeshi villagers with swords when he went out of the camp to look for his youngest son, who had gone out to the nearby jungle to collect firewood. "The reason behind the attack was to take his mobile phone. When he went outside he brought his mobile telephone, and as the villagers wanted his phone, they took it. In the process, the attacked him with swords," he said. Mr. Musta Kamal, who holds UNHCR card UN MRC No. 49584, was rescued by fellow camp residents from the villagers. After the incident, a group of Bangladeshi police came to the area to arrest the villagers, but all the culprits managed to evade capture. One local educated Bangladesh man tells Narinjara that the attack is a consequence of the increasingly tense relations between local Bangladeshis and Burmese Muslim refugees. Recently relations between the two has worsened due to local Bangladeshis attempting to push the refugees back into Burma.

Cox’sbazar: A Burmese Muslim refugee from Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh was hospitalized on Friday after a group of Bangladesh villagers attacked him with blades near a refugee camp, said another refugee.

"He received critical injuries in the attack and now he is hospitalized at the refugee camp hospital. His condition is very bad," he said.

50-year-old Mr. Musata Kamal, who is a UN recognized refugee, was attacked by around 12 Bangladeshi villagers with swords when he went out of the camp to look for his youngest son, who had gone out to the nearby jungle to collect firewood.

"The reason behind the attack was to take his mobile phone. When he went outside he brought his mobile telephone, and as the villagers wanted his phone, they took it. In the process, the attacked him with swords," he said.

Mr. Musta Kamal, who holds UNHCR card UN MRC No. 49584, was rescued by fellow camp residents from the villagers. After the incident, a group of Bangladeshi police came to the area to arrest the villagers, but all the culprits managed to evade capture.

One local educated Bangladesh man tells Narinjara that the attack is a consequence of the increasingly tense relations between local Bangladeshis and Burmese Muslim refugees. Recently relations between the two has worsened due to local Bangladeshis attempting to push the refugees back into Burma.