Rights monitors and fleeing Rohingya say Myanmar security forces and Rakhine Buddhist vigilantes responded with what they describe as a campaign of violence and arson aimed at driving out the Muslim population. Rohingya refugees shelter from the rain in a camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Sept 17, 2017. ReutersAbout a million Rohingya lived in Rakhine State until the recent violence. Rohingya refugees reach out their hands to grab aid packages in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, September 17, 2017. In a rare expression of support for the Rohingya from within Myanmar, a group from the Karen ethnic minority, called for the military to halt its operations.

Source: bd News24 September 18, 2017 04:52 UTC