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Scores of Rohingya villagers in Myanmar have been massacred and buried in 5 mass graves, according to an exclusive investigation by the Associated Press news agency.
The report by the news agency on Thursday includes witness testimony from two dozen survivors and relatives of victims, as well as time-stamped mobile phone footage of the aftermath of the attack.
Estimates suggest 400 members of the persecuted minority were killed by Burmese troops.
In one massacre, a group of men were picking teams for a local football-like game called 'chinlone' in the village of Gu Dar Pyin, when soldiers began firing at them.
A survivor named Noor Kadir later found six of his friends buried in two separate mass graves. He said the bodies of the victims were only recogniseable through the colour of their shorts.
The mass killing is believed to have taken place on August 27 and survivors told the Associated Press that soldiers had tried to cover up evidence of the atrocity.
Video obtained by the agency indicates attempts at using acid to remove the bodies.
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Widely regarded as one of the most persecuted minorities in the world, the mainly Muslim Rohingya people, are denied citizenship by the Burmese government, which claims they are not native to Myanmar.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @01:54AM (3 children)
Of all people, when you piss off BUDDHISTS enough to make them violent, you deserve what's coming to you.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @01:57AM (2 children)
I would say Christians should be harder to piss off than Buddhists, ya know turn the other cheek and all. We've seen how that works out in reality. How about murder and persecution are just not OK?
Woops, responded to the bigot, wonder what shite will come out now.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @02:31AM (1 child)
When you have an infestation of cockroaches in your house, see how far the peace and brotherhood argument lasts.
(Score: 2) by beckett on Saturday February 03 2018, @10:38AM
Wow flashback to old AD&D "True Neutral Arguments" over funyuns and mountain dew that devolved into fistfights.
n.b. playing "Risk" didn't turn out much better