Shawdesh desk:

A 19-year-old Rohingya boy was shot to death allegedly by miscreants at Kutupalong Rohingya camp under Ukhiya upazila in Cox’s Bazar on Monday.

The deceased is Mohammad Bashir, son of Rahmat Ullah and resident of No 6 camp.

Sheikh Mohammad Ali, officer-in-charge of Ukhiya Police Station, said that a group of masked miscreants, numbering 25-30, opened fire on the boy, leaving him injured critically.

Later, he was taken to a hospital where the doctors declared him dead.

The reason behind the killing could not be known immediately.

Police are trying to arrest the attackers, said the OC.