Over a dozen Rohingya killed in Myanmar army attacks: Activist

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Islam Uddin, ANKARA
27.01.2024 

Dozens others also injured in shelling in last 2 days, says co-founder of Free Rohingya Coalition

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Over a dozen Rohingya Muslims were killed in Myanmar army's artillery attacks in the country's western Rakhine state, said a human rights activist on Saturday.

Shipping companies pause Red Sea journeys after Houthi attacks

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Date :5 Dec 2023

Liberia-flagged vessel caught fire in Red Sea after being hit by a projectile from Yemen, US sources say.

Containers are seen on the Maersk's container ship Maersk Gibraltar at the APM Terminals in the port of Algeciras, Spain [File: Jon Nazca/Reuters]
 

Two shipping companies have announced they will pause all journeys through the Red Sea after a series of attacks on shipping by Yemen’s Houthi rebels.

KIA Attack Checkpoint On Bridge Linking Myitkyina to Waingmaw

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Kachin News Group

Friday, June 25, 2021

The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) attacked a police checkpoint on an important bridge linking Kachin State capital, Myitkyina, to Waingmaw.

At press time, it was unclear if there were any casualties from the attack on Bala Min Htin Bridge at about 7:45 pm, June 23.

A woman who requested for her name not to be published heard two police officers were injured. The officers fought back, firing small and heavy weapons at the KIA.

Locals storm Rohingya camp after Jubo League leader’s murder

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Sun Online Desk
23rd August, 2019

Hundreds of agitated locals stormed a Rohingya camp and vandalised makeshift houses and NGO offices following the murder of a local Jubo League leader in Teknaf.

They burned tyres and plastic boxes to block a five-kilometre road from Teknaf municipality to Leda Point in Cox’s Bazar for three hours. The residence of Rohingya leader Noor Mohammad was also torched. Pradip Kumar Das, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station, said they persuaded the agitated locals to end their blockade around 3:00 pm assuring them of arresting the killers and bringing them to justice.

Arakan Army Launch a Full-scale Attack after Rocket Striking on Myanmar Navy Ships

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Narinjara News,21 July 2019:

Arakan Army(AA) run-up to a full-scale attack after firing rocket attack on Myanmar Navy ships in Myebon and Rathidaung townships respectively on July 19 and 20.

The witness villagers said that the response of AA’s RPG attack on Military Navy ships came after Navy ship’s artillery fired about 10 times nearby Ray Kaung Shaing village on July 19 towards the clashes mountain ranges of nearby Mae Than Groo village of Ann township between AA and Tatmadaw (Myanmar Army) on July 18.

AA Naval Attack Kills 2 Tatmadaw Fighters

The Irrawaddy 
By Htet Naing Zaw
24 June 2019

A piece of artillery shell that fell in the village of Kyay Taw Ywa Ma, opposite a creek from Sittwe. / Aung Than Wa / Faceboo

 

NAYPYITAW—The Tatmadaw (or Myanmar military) suffered two casualties in a navy tugboat attack by the Arakan Army (AA) in the creek of Set Yoe Kya, near Sittwe, in Rakhine State.

The attack is the first on a navy vessel in the state, Tatmadaw spokesperson Brigadier-General Zaw Min Tun told The Irrawaddy, adding that two died and one was injured in the attack.

Myanmar military helicopters open fire on Rohingya Muslims

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7th April 2019,

GENEVA, Switzerland - Intensifying clashes between the Myanmar military and armed separatists that reportedly involved a deadly helicopter bombing raid on civilians earlier this week in Rakhine state, have been condemned by the UN human rights office, OHCHR.

"The Myanmar military is again carrying out attacks against its own civilians; attacks which may constitute war crimes," spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani told reporters in Geneva.

UN: Recent Myanmar army attack may have killed dozens of Rohingya

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ByAgencies
-April 9, 2019

 

The United Nations’ human rights office has said it fears that dozens of Rohingya civilians may have been killed in a military attack in Myanmar’s Rakhine state last week, despite official government tolls putting the number of dead at six.

UN: Recent Myanmar army attack may have killed dozens of Rohingya

Aljazeera
April 9'2019

UN says it has unconfirmed reports suggesting that as many as 30 people may have been killed in Rakhine state attack.

 The western state was at the epicentre of a brutal crackdown by Myanmar's security forces in 2017 [File: Min Kyi Thein/AP]

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has said it fears that dozens of Rohingya civilians may have been killed in a military attack in Myanmar's Rakhine state last week, despite official government tolls putting the number of dead at six.

Myanmar says six Rohingya killed in attack were 'with insurgents'

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MYANMAR
Monday, April 08, 2019
By AFP

A Myanmar border guard policeman stands near a group of Rohingya Muslims in front of their homes during a government-organised visit for journalists to Buthidaung Township in January. (AFP)

  
YANGON — The Myanmar army said Friday that six Rohingya killed by helicopter gunfire in restive Rakhine state were working with a rebel group, the latest escalation in violence that the UN says "may constitute war crimes".

Ethnic and religious tensions divide western Rakhine State, where the army forced out some 740,000 Rohingya Muslims in 2017 in a brutal crackdown.

Myanmar says six Rohingya killed in attack were 'with insurgents'

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Some 750,000 Rohingya Muslims were forced out of Myanmar in a brutal crackdown in 2017 AFP/File

The Myanmar army said Friday that six Rohingya killed by helicopter gunfire in restive Rakhine state were working with a rebel group, the latest escalation in violence that the UN says "may constitute war crimes".

UN: Attacks in Myanmar's Rakhine state could be 'war crimes'

Taiwan News  

By  Deutsche Welle

2019/04/06 15:02

The United Nations human rights agency on Friday condemned recent fighting between Myanmar's army and guerrillas of the Rakhine insurgent group known as the Arakan Army.

The spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ravina Shamdasani, said the agency had "credible reports of the killing of civilians, burning of houses, arbitrary arrests, abductions, indiscriminate fire in civilian areas and damage to cultural property."

‘Helicopter attack kills five Rohingyas, wounds 13'

Dhaka Tribune
Thursday, Apr 04, 2019
Reuters, Yangon 

In this photograph taken on September 7, 2017, unidentified men carry knives and slingshots as they walk past a burning house in Gawdu Tharya village near Maungdaw in Rakhine state, in northern Myanmar AFP

The latest incident occurred in a valley in Buthidaung township, near a village that was home to Rohingya Muslim families

Villagers and a lawmaker in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state said on Thursday that a military helicopter attacked a group of Rohingya Muslims gathering bamboo, killing five and wounding 13, but a military spokesman declined to comment.

Police Convoy Attacked in Northern Rakhine; Locals Say Officers Killed

The Irrawaddy  
By Min Aung Khine, 28 February 2019

A car that was attacked on Wednesday night in Ponnagyun Township, Rakhine State, sits on the side of the road at the scene of the attack on Thursday. / Supplied

SITTWE, Rakhine State — At least two police officers were among those killed in an attack on a police convoy on the main road through northern Rakhine State’s Ponnagyun Township on Wednesday night, according to police, local residents and photos on Facebook.

Ansar camp looting suspect Rohingya killed in ‘gunfight’

NEWAGE
Muktadir Rashid | Published: 00:21, Feb 23,2019

A Rohingya youth accused of robbery at Ansar Battalion camp and murder of its commander was killed in a reported ‘gunfight’ with the Rapid Action Battalion at Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar Friday morning.

The deceased, Nurul Alam, 35, was arrested in February 2017 in the case filed for looting arms from the Ansar camp near Nayapara Rohingya camp on May 13, 2016. He was later released on bail in December 2017 while the trial of the case was still pending with the Cox’s Bazar Sessions Judge’s Court.

One Rohingya shot dead, another injured

NEWAGE

 Staff Correspondent | Published: 00:40, Feb 23,2019

Armed assailants shot dead one Rohingya paramedic and injured a computer operator at Muchuni camp of Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar on Friday evening apparently for sharing information about Ansar camp looting suspect Nurul Alam who was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with Rapid Action Battalion earlier in the day.

The police discovered the body of Rohingya paramedic Mohamed Hamid, 41, in the forest of the nearby hilly area hours after the sympathisers of Nurul Alam kidnapped him and shot at computer operator Hasan Ali at Muchuni camp of Nayapara at around 7:00pm.

( 20.11.2016 ) Commonwealth Bank to investigate locked-door claims after fire attack ( The Australia )

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ByRebecca Urban, November 21, 2016
National Education Correspondent
@RurbsOz

CCTV footage of the alleged arsonist walking to the bank.

Commonwealth Bank has ­ordered a probe into Friday’s firebomb attack on a busy Melbourne branch, amid claims that dozens of injured and frightened customers had been unable to escape due to the doors being locked.