Four people died during a gunfight on Saturday evening between two armed groups at Falongkhyang area near Rowangchhari-Ruma border in Bandarban, said police. Earlier on Sunday, the unidentified bullet-hit bodies were recovered from the bank of the Sangu River in the upazila. Read: 5 of family killed by locals in Bandarban The identities of the deceased or the armed groups could not be known yet and, said Jerin Akter, superintendent of Bandarban Police at a press briefing on Sunday. The bodies were recovered from the spot and will be sent for autopsy, she said. Read: Army man killed, another hurt in Bandarban shootout Jerin said local people spotted the four bullet-hit bodies in the area in the morning and informed police. According to locals, around 4 pm Saturday some armed men dumped the bodies after firing bullets in the area.

Police recovered the bullet-hit bodies of two young men from Mangalkandi in Sonagazi upazila early Friday.