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: 3, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Saturday February 03 2018, @02:34AM (4 children)
When does a grave become a "mass grave"?
The United Nations has defined a criminal mass grave as a burial site containing three or more victims of execution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_grave [wikipedia.org]
Other definitions offer "multiple bodies", "large numbers of corpses", "multiple numbers of human corpses" - basically there is no real definition. So, the catacombs in Rome would qualify, under most of these definitions. Except, of course, for the UN definition, which requres that there be three or more victims of execution.
Nothing to see here - just a bit of perverse curiosity. Basically, if someone wants to claim a mass grave, they are justified if there is more than one body in the grave. So, many of our own graveyards in the US qualify, since they may legally bury one coffin on top of another. Which is more morbid? "Honey, I'm taking the kids to the graveyard to see Grandpa's grave." Or, "Honey, we're going to the mass grave, want to come along?"
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @02:53AM (2 children)
Dear darling Runaway,
Have you picked your plot yet for when you die soon? I want to know where it is so I can shit on your grave. I plan to eat a full Mexican dinner that night.
Your worst admirer,
AC
(Score: 4, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Saturday February 03 2018, @02:57AM (1 child)
You take things so seriously, you'll probably stroke out before I do.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @03:09AM
Bite me. Ima live forever, bitch.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @10:53PM
>When does a grave become a "mass grave"
i swear there must be a your mom joke here somewhere...