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Myanmar troops open fire on civilians fleeing attacks
Bangladeshi border guards say troops fired mortars and machine guns at Rohingya civilians trying to escape bloodshed.




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At least 92 people have died in the latest violence in restive Rakhine state [Wai Moe/AFP/Getty Images]

Myanmar soldiers opened fire on fleeing Rohingya civilians - mostly women and children - as they attempted to cross the border into Bangladesh and escape surging violence.

On Saturday an AFP news agency reporter at Bangladesh's Ghumdhum border post counted more than a dozen mortar shells and countless machine gun rounds fired by Myanmar security forces in nearby hills onto a large group of Rohingya desperately trying to cross.

It was not immediately clear if any were hit, but the civilians scattered to evade the barrage.

"They have fired on civilians, mostly women and children, hiding in the hills near the zero line," Border Guard Bangladesh's (BGB) station chief Manzurul Hassan Khan confirmed.


"They fired machine guns and mortar shells suddenly, targeting the civilians. They have not consulted with the BGB," he added.

Anita Schug of the European Rohingya Council, speaking from the Swiss city of Solothurn, told Al Jazeera her organisation could verify the report.

"We have videos from the ground and we can share them if requested confirming that this news is true," she said.

"Burmese military together with the Rakhine extremists armed with knives, swords, machetes and guns are attacking the Rohingya innocent civilians who are not armed at all."

Thousands trapped
Thousands of Rohingya Muslims escaping violence in Myanmar were trapped at the border with Bangladesh as new fighting erupted in restive Rakhine state.

Clashes began on Friday between security forces and Rohingya rebels leaving at least 92 people dead, including 12 soldiers, forcing civilians to flee.

"Many Rohingya people are trying to enter the country, but we have a zero tolerance policy - no one will be allowed," Mohammad Ali Hossain, deputy commissioner of Cox's Bazar district near the Myanmar border, told Reuters news agency.

Later on Saturday, Mohammad Nur - a Rohingya leader at an unregistered camp in Cox's Bazar - told the AP news agency by phone he heard about 100,000 Rohingya had gathered along the border to try to enter Bangladesh. That figure could not be confirmed.

Gunfire rang out across the northern part of Rakhine state on Saturday as clashes between the two sides continued.

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Bangladeshi officials regularly advocate a tough approach to refugees in official interviews, but typically end up letting them through.

An AFP reporter at the scene said hundreds of Rohingya made it across the porous border early on Saturday when border patrols were relaxed because of heavy rain, with some swimming across the Naf river.

An emergency ward doctor said two Rohingya men who had been shot in Myanmar entered Bangladesh and were taken to a hospital.

"One of them, aged 25, died hours after he was admitted here," the doctor said on condition of anonymity.

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees are already in Bangladesh and 87,000 have arrived since October 2016, after an attack by rebels killed nine security forces and resulted in a major crackdown in Rakhine state.

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Bangladeshi officials regularly advocate a tough approach to refugees in official interviews [Sam Jahan/AFP/Getty Images]

Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's de facto leader, "strongly condemned" Friday's "brutal attacks by terrorists on security forces in Rakhine state".

"I would like to commend the members of the police and security forces who have acted with great courage in the face of many challenges," Suu Kyi said.

The government said it had evacuated officials, teachers, and hundreds of non-Rohingya villagers to army bases and police stations.

The focal point of Friday's unrest was Rathedaung township. The area has seen a heavy build-up of troops in recent weeks, with reports filtering out of killings by shadowy groups, army-blockaded villages, and abuses.

The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) claimed responsibility for Friday's attacks in a Twitter post but did not mention casualty figures or how many fighters were involved.

ARSA, accusing the Myanmar forces of killings and rape, said on Friday it was "taking defensive actions" in more than 25 different locations.

READ MORE: Commission urges Myanmar to end Rohingya restrictions

The government has declared the group a "terrorist" organisation.

Observers worry the latest attacks will spark an even more aggressive army response and trigger communal clashes between Muslims and Buddhist ethnic Rakhines.

"25 Aug attack in N Rakine utmost concern! Violence must stop in Rakhine. Heartfelt sorrow 4 deaths. Beg all sides 2 take restraint! Everyone!" Yanghee Lee, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, said on Twitter.

The Rohingya Muslims are denied citizenship in Myanmar and are classified as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, despite claiming roots in the region that go back centuries.

About 1.1 million Rohingya live in Myanmar.

The mistreatment of the Rohingya Muslims, often described as the world's most persecuted minority, has emerged as Myanmar's most contentious human rights issue as it makes a transition from decades of military rule.

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Myanmar would not settle nothing less than total ethnic cleansing of Rohingya people. Bangladesh,other Muslim countries and preferably China should work out a plan to assist the secular resistance group of Rohingya origin.Rohingya solidarity organization seems like a possible candidate.Only way to stop this gross human rights violation and periodic refugee crisis seems to create an Rohingya rebel hold territory in northern Arakan where Rohingya can defend themselves from the uncivilized brute myanmarese army and settle the refugee from the neighboring countries.

If Rohingya can create an well armed and trained army of 50k-60k then they will certainly can hold northern Arakan.Myanmar already lost control of 40 percent of their territory to different rebel groups. It would not create any problem for any other country if they loose control over several percentage of more territory.Rohingya playing weak and helpless is not solving anything.It is only making myanmarese more brutal and uncompromising.An uncivilized country like myanmar count nothing other than raw force and Rohingya must acquire that with the help of others.
 
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Myanmar would not settle nothing less other than total ethnic cleansing of Rohingya people.Bangladesh , other muslim countries and preferably China should work out a plan to assist the secular resistance group of Rohingya origin.Rohingya solidarity organization seems like a possible candidate.Only way to stop this gross human rights violation and periodic refugee crisis seems to create an Rohingya rebel hold territory in northern Arakan where Rohingya can defend themselves from the uncivilized brute myanmarese army and settle the refugee from the neighboring countries.

If Rohingya can create an well armed and trained army of 50k-60k then they will certainly can hold northern Arakan.Myanmar already lost control of 40 percent of their territory to different rebel groups. It would not create any problem for any other country if they loose control over several percentage of more territory.Rohingya playing weak and helpless is not solving anything.It is only making myanmarese more brutal and uncompromising.An uncivilized country like myanmar count nothing other than raw force and Rohingya must acquire that with the help of others.

Its time ARSA deserve some heavy weapons. If they could create that much of resistance only with hand made weapons, think about few kornette and AKs.
@Nilgiri @SarthakGanguly
 
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Its time ARSA deserve some heavy weapons. If they could create that much of resistance only with hand made weapons, think about few kornette and AKs.
@Nilgiri @SarthakGanguly
Burmese sources saying that, they lost 12 soldiers and killed 77 rebel.But we should not believe in their propaganda without any scrutiny.They killed 77 Rohingya fighters is highly improbable when the initial strength of attacking Rohingya force is around 100. A hit and run guerrilla force doesn't suffer that magnitude of death specially when they are ambushing the burmese troops. A rouge and secretive force like Burmese army surely inflated the Rohingya casualty figure to save their face in front of the country and boost morale of their soldier when they lost 12 army personnel.
 
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Burmese sources saying that, they lost 12 soldiers and killed 77 rebel.But we should not believe in their propaganda without any scrutiny.They killed 77 Rohingya fighters is highly improbable when the initial strength of attacking Rohingya force is around 100. A hit and run guerrilla force doesn't suffer that magnitude of death specially when they are ambushing the burmese troops. A rouge and secretive force like Burmese army surely inflated the Rohingya casualty figure to save their face in front of the country and boost morale of their soldier when they lost 12 army personnel.
Burmese soldier killed some villagers in retaliation. They called them rebel.
 
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If Bangladesh is so concerned about Rohingya, why not accept them all. Both Bangladeshi and Rohingya have the same religion, so absorbing them into Bangladeshi society should not be a problem.
Bangladesh already accepted WAY more than any other country and BD is the densest country with so little land. Why should BD have to? or rather why should Rohingya people have to leave their land? If anything, Myanmars one part can't get along? Fine, then give them separate land. Where they already live.

It's so gross that you can only see with your islamophobe eyes and just ignore human rights violations and minority persecutions because of your prejudice. You would rather see them get killed because of the religion they believe. You, sir, are a vile human being.
 
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If Bangladesh is so concerned about Rohingya, why not accept them all. Both Bangladeshi and Rohingya have the same religion, so absorbing them into Bangladeshi society should not be a problem.
No we will shove the Rohingya back to Burmese.
 
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If Bangladesh is so concerned about Rohingya, why not accept them all. Both Bangladeshi and Rohingya have the same religion, so absorbing them into Bangladeshi society should not be a problem.
Dominant ethnic burmese have no rights to displace the ethnic minorities from the bordering region.Current burma is a British creation where many ethnic non-burmese region were incorporated with burma for administrative purpose during their rules.But it has become catastrophic for many non burmese ethnicities within burma when burma gained independence in 1948.And all of them are fighting against burmese oppression and are holding territory of their own.Why should be Rohingya will be any different? Just because they are muslim?Others can fight but muslim have only one choice of leaving their home and accept exile in your opinion? Perhaps you should leave behind your anti-muslim prejudice and see things more objectively and neutrally?
 
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Interesting video.. Checkout 1:32 onward. Even a small girl carrying machete and has no fear in her face. She is hardly 10 years old.
This community has a future for sure. God bless them.
 
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Interesting video.. Checkout 1:32 onward. Even a small girl carrying machete and has no fear in her face. She is hardly 10 years old.
This community has a future for sure. God bless them.
What language are they speaking? No way it's just a different dialect because I can't understand anything they are saying and it's not like they are speaking fast.

Also, it's a sad situation when a kid has to participate to protect themselves.
 
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You guys wants to be a suppa pawwa with this kind of give up type mentality?

Well, good luck...
Burmese expelled 500k Indian in 1960s without any whimper from the Indian suppa pawa.Another 400k Indian remain in Burma stateless awaiting expulsion.Indian are known around the world as a wimp only good for fleeing in face of a threat.Look, how they are even fleeing from their own country like north-east or Jammu-Kashmir.I don't know, why Indian are so cowardly and nervous and weak in face of threat.It may have something to do with cow urine and cow dung perhaps.
 
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Still Pakistan non nonchalantly sells JF17s to Myanmar.

I feel the only Muslims Pakistan really cares about are Indian Muslims including kashmirirs .
 
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