Their houses were bombarded and torched by the Myanmar army in what they called the fight against insurgency. From there, he learned that many of the Rohingya men were ready to join Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) to fight back to regain their rights. An estimated 115 Rohingya men have already left Bangladesh to join the ARSA, said the Rohingyas living in makeshift refugee camps. ARSA in its Twitter page claimed they began the resistance as a defence against the Myanmar military and security forces. Rohingya homes were being burned down by the state armed forces and Rakhine extremists, Rohingyas hiding in the mountains said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune August 27, 2017 08:15 UTC