One man was shot dead and several injured when security personnel repulsed an attack on Monday on a Bangladesh Air Force base in the southeastern beach town of Cox’s Bazar, officials said. The defence ministry said miscreants launched a sudden attack on the air force base near Cox’s Bazar’s Samiti Para around noon.

One person was killed and several injured after residents in the coastal city of Cox’s Bazar in southern Bangladesh clashed with armed forces on Monday. The Bangladesh Armed Forces claimed that “local miscreants” attacked the air force base in the city and attempted to set it on fire.