Cox’s Bazar | Bay Insight

A Bangladeshi child who sustained a bullet injury amid heavy fighting across the Myanmar border is being transferred to the National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital in Dhaka for specialised care.

Chattogram Medical College Hospital Director Brigadier General Taslim Uddin said on Tuesday that surgeons were unable to extract the bullet after hours of complicated surgery, as it is lodged in a highly sensitive area of the brain. He said attempting to remove it could put the child’s life at serious risk, leading doctors to refer the patient to the Dhaka-based neuroscience hospital. “They can manage the case better,” he said.

The child was hit during cross-border clashes between the Arakan Army and Rohingya armed groups that began around 11:00pm on Saturday and continued until about 10:00am on Sunday in the Totar Dwip area on the Myanmar side, opposite Whykong union in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar. Continuous gunfire and explosions were reported during the fighting. At one point, a bullet fired from across the border struck the child. Huzaifa is a resident of the Teschi Bridge area of Whykong.