A Myanmar’s military truck smashed into a Rohingya man, in Maungdaw Township yesterday, killing him a few hours later, an eyewitness said.

The Rohingya man is identified to be Mv Khairul Abdur Rahim, a religious scholar, hails from ‘Dudan (Luu daing)’ village in northern Maungdaw.

The incident took place in Boli Bazaar (Kyein Chaung) village around yesterday afternoon.

He got badly injured by the truck smashing into him. All over his body! Especially, his legs got swallowed. The military admitted him to ‘Kyein Chaung’ hospital but after that, he passed away on his way while he was being taken to Bangladesh for treatment.

Please pray for him” the eyewitness said.

“This is a case of negligence and rash driving by the driver of the military truck at a public place where people always remain crowded” he continued.

He was given funeral and buried according to Islamic Law this afternoon after the Friday prayer.