Terrorist attack on Alikadam checkpoint

Terrorists attacked a joint check post of police and army at the Dim Pahar area under Alikadam police station in Bandarban. The attack took place at around 1:00am Friday (5 April).

There is panic among the locals. The people of Thanchi are spending sleepless nights in thought.

Alikadam Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Tabidur Rahman said the media at night that the terrorists attacked at the Dim Pahar area by breaking through the joint checkpost by driving a vehicle.

Meanwhile, the police and army personnel who were present at the checkpost fired at them  and a gunfight ensued for a while but  no one was injured in the incident.

Earlier, an hour-long gunfight took place between police and BGB with Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) terrorists in Thanchi. The shooting started at 8:30 pm on Thursday (April 4) and stopped at 9:30 pm.