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Killings Spark Fear, Rumors in Bangladeshi Refugee Camps

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Aug 29, 2017
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Mohammad Selim disappeared the night in May that Cyclone Mora tore through the Rohingya refugee camps on Bangladesh’s west coast. But it wasn’t the storm that killed him – his was one of a handful of recent murders blamed on gangs vying for power over the camps.

Selim was snatched while walking home from his father-in-law’s hut. He had been examining the…

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