(AP Photo)Myanmar's military says almost 400 people have died in recent violence in the western state of Rakhine triggered by attacks on security forces by insurgents from the Rohingya ethnic minority. He said he left his village of Ngan Chaung on Aug 25 after it was attacked by Myanmar security forces who shot at the villagers. Most of Myanmar's estimated one million Rohingya live in northern Rakhine state. The insurgent group that claimed responsibility for last week's attacks, the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, said it acted to protect Rohingya communities. The US group Human Rights Watch said it has obtained satellite images that suggest burning villages across a large swathe of Rakhine state.

Source: Bangkok Post September 01, 2017 14:26 UTC