Fears grip ethnic minorities after deadly violence in Bangladesh

FILE PHOTO: Bangladeshi writers and activists take part in a human chain demanding to stop communal violence and justice for the violence against Hindu communities during Durga Puja festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo

DHAKA (Reuters) - Ethnic minorities in Bangladesh’s southern hilly region are living in fear after clashes in which four people were killed and dozens wounded, police and witnesses said on Saturday.

Sectarian violence, sparked by the lynching of a Bengali man on Wednesday, has displaced scores of ethnic families after homes and businesses were set on fire in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) bordering Myanmar and northeast India, they said.