Rohingya refugees shot dead by Bangladesh police during gunfight

The two men had been accused of killing a ruling party official but activists say the shooting appeared to be staged

Two Rohingya refugees were shot dead by Bangladesh police during a gunfight in a refugee camp on Saturday after they were accused of killing a ruling party official, police said.

Nearly one million Rohingya live in squalid camps in southeast Bangladesh; 740,000 fled a 2017 military offensive against the Muslim minority in Myanmar.