On Wednesday the army flew journalists to an area where the mass graves of 45 Hindu villagers, including many women and children, were discovered earlier this week. They called on the army to stop “victim-blaming,” according to the statement, which was posted on the ARSA’s Twitter account. Four Hindu women displaced in Bangladesh told AFP they were among the eight who escaped the massacre in the same area of Kha Maung Seik, with eight children in tow. Sheel said her captor urged her to convert to Islam before she was brought to the Hindu village by a local leader. Rights groups accuse troops of using arson to force the Rohingya out and block their return, a charge the army denies.

Source: New Strait Times September 27, 2017 17:15 UTC