Rohingya insurgents attacked Myanmar border guard posts in October, provoking a military crackdown in which hundreds were killed, more than 1,000 houses burned down and some 75,000 Rohingya Muslims forced to flee to Bangladesh. The United Nations has established a fact-finding mission to investigate crimes against humanity allegedly committed by the military during the counter-offensive. A group of people wearing black masks has killed local administrators close to the government, so the residents are panicking. Kyaw Win, a Rakhine ethnic villager, said nearly 200 villagers from 11 Rakhine ethnic villages had fled to the cities of Maungdaw, Buthidaung and Sittwe. Bangladesh forces near the Myanmar border were also put on high alert after reports of violence at the weekend, said Lieutenant Colonel SM Ariful Islam.

Source: bd News24 June 27, 2017 08:26 UTC