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A meeting was held shortly before the violence when Muslims were warned about the
possibility of such an attack.1391
654. The Paik Seik ward was mixed, with Kaman the majority in the east and ethnic
Rakhine in the west. After the June 2012 violence, villagers were already paying the security
forces for protection.1392 Security forces initially provided such protection but left Paik Seik
on 22 October 2012. At 8pm on 22 October 2012, a group of ethnic Rakhine arrived and set
fire to a Muslim house, leaving shortly afterwards. 1393 Other security forces were in the
vicinity when this happened.1394
655. On 23 October, more than 100 ethnic Rakhine, armed with swords, knives, slingshots
and other rudimentary weapons, attacked east Paik Seik. They also brought tyres and bottles
filled with flammable liquid.1395 There were violent attacks on both Kaman and Rohingya
villagers, and the looting and burning of their properties.1396 The ethnic Rakhine were
accompanied by the police and soldiers armed with rifles.1397 Witnesses stated that they did
not recognize the majority of the ethnic Rakhine who participated in the violence. 1398
656. There was a clash between ethnic Rakhine and a large group of Rohingya and Kaman
around the Jame mosque in east Paik Seik.1399 The mosque was partially burned1400 and some
people were injured,1401 with Muslim houses burned.1402 The report of the Rakhine Inquiry
Commission states that two ethnic Rakhine were killed in the clashes.1403
657. Soldiers told villagers to return to their houses, but they then opened fire at Kaman
and Rohingya villagers gathered near the mosque.1404 Ten persons, including a child, were
killed and a number of others injured.1405
658. On the same night, ethnic Rakhine and security forces burned Kaman and Rohingya
houses in west Paik Seik.1406 Soldiers and police opened fire on the Rohingya and Kaman
who tried to extinguish fires, killing two and injuring others. 1407 One interviewee explained
how he and others had tried to extinguish burning houses, but that members of the security
forces had pointed their weapons and told them not to do so.1408
659. Many Kaman and Rohingya villagers were forced to spend the night on the beach,
from where they watched their village burn.1409 The burnings continued the following day,
with the police and soldiers using “launchers”,1410 alongside the ethnic Rakhine using bottles
filled with flammable liquid.1411 Soldiers were also seen removing dead bodies from the
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QI-076, KI-109, V-050.
CI-165, DI-021, DI-024, KI-109.
CI-168, DI-021, QI-076, KI-109, V-050, V-051.
DI-021, V-050.
CI-165, V-050.
CI-083, CI-165, CI-168, CI-170, DI-024, QI-076.
BM-025, CI-083, CI-165, CI-168, DI-021, QI-076; V-050.
CI-085, DI-021; V-050.
CI-083, CI-085, CI-088, CI-165, CI -168, CI-170; V-051.
CI-085, CI-165, CI-168, CI-170.
CI-168, V-051.
CI-083, DI-022.
CI-083, CI-084, CI-088.
CI-085, CI-165, CI-167, CI- 168, CI-170, QI-076; K-109; V-049, V-050.
CI-083, CI-085, CI-165, CI-167, CI-168, CI-170, DI-022, DI-024.
CI-088, CI-170, QI-076.
QI-076, DI-021; V-050.
QI-076.
CI-083, CI-084, CI-165, CI-170, DI-021, DI-022, QI-076; V-051.
Tatmadaw soldiers used weapons referred to by victims as “launchers”. They were described as
making loud explosive sounds, after which a whole building or set of buildings rapidly caught fire.
“Launcher” likely refers to a weapon that fires a munition that explodes upon impact.
CI-088, CI-165, CI-170, QI-076.