Amid the rising communal violence in the last week in Bangladesh, seven persons have been killed and 20 others injured in an attack on a madrasa at a Rohingya camp in Ukhiya upazila of Cox's Bazar district.

As per a report of IANS, rhe deceased have been identified as Hafez Md. Idris, 32, Ibrahim Hossain, 24, Azizul Haque, 22, and Md. Amin, 32, Madrasa teachers Nur Alam, Hamidullah, 55, and another student Nur Kaiser, 15.

The militants on Friday attacked Darul Ulum Nadwatul Ulama Al-Islamia Madrasa, IANS reported.

The attack took place at around 4 am at Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama Al-Islamiyah Madrasa, located at Block H-52 of Camp 18 in Balukhali, Ukhiya. The victims include 3 teachers, students, and volunteers of the Madrasa. The attackers shot some and stabbed others.

Among the injured, three died on the way to hospital, he said, adding that a person named Mujib was detained in this connection.