Elephant Herds: Refugees and Forest Area

elephant herds: Kabir said Sunday that four other people were injured in the attack and many others fled to safety, according to CBC. Authorities, aid workers in Bangladesh overwhelmed by Rohingya refugees Officials said the new camp was built in a forest area that was earlier frequented by elephant herds. District forest official Mohammed Ali Kabir says a herd of elephants entered the Balukhali camp in Ukhiya town early Saturday and trampled tents where several refugees were sleeping. It was the third attack by wild elephants on the refugees in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar district, which borders Myanmar. Bangladesh sees new surge of Rohingya refugees 'Human rights nightmare' in Myanmar could spread, UN chief warns More than 525,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar since late August and have taken shelter in Bangladesh. At least seven people died in the two previous attacks. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.