Reuters-Myanmar guards kill two Ban

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Myanmar guards kill two Bangladeshis 
12:01 a.m. Oct 08, 1998 Eastern 

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Two Bangladeshi fishermen were
killed, one was wounded and another is missing after Myanmar border guards
fired on them near St Martin's island in the Bay of Bengal, police said on
Thursday. 

They said a boat carrying nine fishermen came under attack on Wednesday
while the crew were fishing near the island in Bangladesh's territorial
waters. 

The Bangladesh Rifles (frontier force) have been informed of the incident
by the survivors, a police officer in Teknaf said. 

The Bangladeshi town of Teknaf is along the Naf river, which forms part of
the southern border between Bangladesh and Myanmar. St Martin's island is
to the south of Teknaf and is near the boundry that marks Myanmar's
territorial waters. 

``The Rifles commander in Teknaf has started investigating the incident,''
the police officer said without giving details.