Four UNICEF schools for Rohingya children in refugee camps in Bangladesh have been destroyed in a fire, officials said Tuesday, with the UN children's agency calling it arson. It was unclear who might attack the schools, which were empty at the time, but the security situation in the camps housing around a million people has worsened in recent months. Last week a blaze thought to have been started by a gas stove burned down hundreds of bamboo.
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Fire destroys 4 schools in Bangladesh Rohingya camps
A fire at a Rohingya camp in Cox s Bazar, Bangladesh, on Jan 18, 2021.PHOTO: REUTERS/MG TN SHWE
PublishedJan 20, 2021, 5:00 am SGT
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