Myanmar's government said it was responding to attacks by Muslim insurgents, but the UN and the international community called the response "disproportionate". In its report, Amnesty cited testimony from more 120 Rohingya men and women who fled to Bangladesh in recent weeks, the Guardian reported. "In this orchestrated campaign, Myanmar's security forces have brutally meted out revenge on the entire Rohingya population of Rakhine state, in an apparent attempt to permanently drive them out of the country," said Amnesty International Crisis Response Director Tirana Hassan. Amnesty said eyewitnesses of the worst violence "consistently implicated specific units, including the Myanmar Army's Western Command, the 33rd Light Infantry Division, and the Border Guard Police" and that troops were sometimes joined by local vigilantes. Following the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) attacks on August 25, Myanmar security forces surrounded Rohingya villages in Rakhine and opened fire, killing or seriously injuring hundreds of people, Amnesty said.

Source: bd News24 October 18, 2017 12:11 UTC