Journalists saw new fires burning Thursday in a Myanmar village that had been abandoned by Rohingya Muslims, and pages ripped from Islamic texts that were left on the ground. Buddhist-majority Myanmar refers to Rohingya as Bengalis, contending they migrated illegally from Bangladesh, though many Rohingya families have lived in Myanmar for generations. Rohingya Muslims say that government forces in Myanmar burned homes, slaughtered civilians, including children, and drove a multitude of others into the forests surrounding the Bay of Bengal. The authorities took away all Buddhist villagers, and many Rohingya villagers fled on their own. With so many Rohingya fleeing, it's unclear how many remain in Myanmar amid reports of soldiers burning villages and killing civilians.

Source: CBC News September 07, 2017 05:03 UTC