Government says victims were killed by Muslim insurgents at start of violent clashes that led to 430,000 Rohingya fleeing to BangladeshMyanmar government forces found the bodies of 28 Hindu villagers on Sunday, who authorities suspect were killed by Muslim insurgents last month, at the beginning of a violent clashes that sent 430,000 Muslim Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh. The latest violence in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state began on 25 August when ARSA militants attacked about 30 police posts and an army camp, killing about 12 people. Myanmar: satellite imagery confirms Rohingya village of Tula Toli razed Read moreThe United Nations has described as ethnic cleansing a sweeping government offensive in the north of Rakhine state in response to those attacks. The government said a search was mounted near Ye Baw Kya village in the north of Rakhine state after a refugee in Bangladesh contacted a Hindu community leader in Myanmar. An ARSA spokesman said he believed Buddhist nationalists were trying to divide Hindus and Muslims were behind the “lies” that ARSA militants had killed the villagers.

Source: The Guardian September 25, 2017 03:33 UTC