Rohingya advocacy groups have said that, on 05 August, the Arakan Army (AA) attacked thousands of refugees gathered at the beach in Maungdaw Township of Rakhine State in Myanmar with drone bombs killing about 200 of them. Two Rohingya activists told
Maktoob that this was one of the deadliest days of the ethnic cleansing of the Muslim community since 2017.
Arakan Army is a major force in the Brotherhood Alliance, a coalition of rebel forces fighting Myanmar’s military junta. They have been accused of killing more than 2,000 Rohingyas in Buthidaung, from the end of March to May.
Since June, the Arakan Army has killed at least 400 Rohingya in Maungdaw, Nay San Lwin, the co-founder of Free Rohingya Coalition, said. Lwin told Maktoob that they used the turmoil in Bangladesh as cover to intensify the onslaught of Rohingyas.
He said it’s challenging to get exact details of the crisis unfolding due to the situation. The activist, based in Germany, has shared videos of slain civilians with belongings scattered on the banks of a river.
Arakan Army is a major force in the Brotherhood Alliance, a coalition of rebel forces fighting Myanmar’s military junta. They have been accused of killing more than 2,000 Rohingyas in Buthidaung, from the end of March to May.
Since June, the Arakan Army has killed at least 400 Rohingya in Maungdaw, Nay San Lwin, the co-founder of Free Rohingya Coalition, said. Lwin told Maktoob that they used the turmoil in Bangladesh as cover to intensify the onslaught of Rohingyas.
He said it’s challenging to get exact details of the crisis unfolding due to the situation. The activist, based in Germany, has shared videos of slain civilians with belongings scattered on the banks of a river.
The drones also attacked the boats that were used by the Rohingyas to cross the Naf River, near the Bangladesh border. The attack capsized at least two of them, killing several people.
India-based Rohingya Human Rights Initiative, in a statement published on Thursday, said On 6 August alone, local media in Bangladesh reported that they had documented finding at least 13 dead bodies of Rohingya refugees, mostly children and women, in the Naf River due to drowning in their boats while crossing.
On 07 August, 10 people died, including five children and two women in Shah Porir Deeb, the New-Delhi based group said. According to them, between 5 to 7 August, as many as 1,800 Rohingya refugees were detained by the Bangladesh border guards of whom as many as 400 were reportedly pushed back to Myanmar.
India-based Rohingya Human Rights Initiative, in a statement published on Thursday, said On 6 August alone, local media in Bangladesh reported that they had documented finding at least 13 dead bodies of Rohingya refugees, mostly children and women, in the Naf River due to drowning in their boats while crossing.
On 07 August, 10 people died, including five children and two women in Shah Porir Deeb, the New-Delhi based group said. According to them, between 5 to 7 August, as many as 1,800 Rohingya refugees were detained by the Bangladesh border guards of whom as many as 400 were reportedly pushed back to Myanmar.
Sabber Kyaw Min the founder and director of the Rohingya Human Rights Initiative (ROHRIngya) stated, “It’s heartbreaking to see yet again vulnerable Rohingya people being forcefully displaced from Maungdaw and struggling to cross into Bangladesh. The Military Junta and the Rakhine militants’ Arakan Army took advantage of the unfolding situation in Bangladesh to drive out the remaining Rohingya population in Maungdaw, Rakhine State, Myanmar. Hundreds have been reportedly killed.”
In 2017, some 10,000 Rohingya men, women, children and newborns were killed, more than 300 villages burnt to the ground, and over 700,000 were forced to flee to Bangladesh in search of safety, joining tens of thousands who fled earlier persecutions. Approximately 600,000 Rohingyans remain within the Rakhine state where intense fighting between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army is taking place over controlling the territory.
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In 2017, some 10,000 Rohingya men, women, children and newborns were killed, more than 300 villages burnt to the ground, and over 700,000 were forced to flee to Bangladesh in search of safety, joining tens of thousands who fled earlier persecutions. Approximately 600,000 Rohingyans remain within the Rakhine state where intense fighting between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army is taking place over controlling the territory.
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