Cox’s Bazar: At least 12 Rohingya people, including six children and four women, were killed as a boat carrying them capsized in the Naf River near Shah Porir Dwip in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar early on Monday.

Lt Commander Zafar Imam of Bangladesh Coast Guard, said that the boat carrying around 60 Rohingyas from Dhaunkhali of the Rakhaine state in Myanmar, sank on the estuary of the river around 4:00am.

Twelve bodies were recovered after the incident and around 15 people were rescued while some 30 people went missing, said the coast guard officials.