Alleged Attack On Fishermen Heats Up Relations With Burma
October 21 2009
Tensions between Bangladesh and Burma ramped up further after Dhaka alleged that the Burmese navy had attacked Bangladeshi fishermen, reports the Indo-Asian News Service.
The fishermen said that at least 10 armed Burmese sailors took their boat and fishing nets on Sunday and left them in the sea. The fishermen said they were in Bangladeshi waters at the time.
A border dispute between the neighbors has recently escalated into troop deployments along the border and naval...
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