Deadly Crackdown on Ethnic Minorities: 3 Killed During Protests Over Rape in Bangladesh's Khagrachhari

Sep 30, 2025 12:20 am CST

Violence erupted in Bangladesh's Khagrachhari district as security forces shot dead three ethnic minority protesters demonstrating against the gangrape of a Marma community schoolgirl. The Bangladesh Army deployed additional forces following escalating tensions, while indigenous communities reported homes being burned amid days of unrest in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region. Officials have called for restraint as concerns grow over the treatment of ethnic minorities.