A/HRC/39/CRP.2 uniforms and equipped with guns.1757 This may indicate the involvement of the ethnic Rakhine militia, who are sometimes referred to as Pyi Thu Sit. Maung Nu 799. Maung Nu (known in Rohingya as Monu Para) is a village in the Chin Tha Mar village tract of Buthidaung Township with approximately 400 Rohingya households. 1758 Less than one kilometre north, Hpaung Taw Pyin village (known in Rohingya as Pondu Prang) has approximately 350 Rohingya households1759 and a BGP outpost. 800. There are two military bases near Maung Nu, both under the Western Command. Light Infantry Battalion 564 is just south of Maung Nu and Light Infantry Battalion 552 is approximately 10 to 12 kilometres north, in Nga Yant Chaung village tract (also known as Taung Bazar). 801. Early on 25 August 2017, ARSA attacked the BGP outpost in Hpaung Taw Pyin.1760 Villagers in Maung Nu and Hpaung Taw Pyin heard gunshots coming from this direction in the early morning.1761 The Government stated that two police officers and two assailants were killed.1762 802. There were two additional ARSA attacks near Maung Nu early that morning; the first at the military base occupied by the Light Infantry Battalion 552, and the second shortly afterwards at the BGP outpost, both in Nga Yant Chaung village tract. The Government said it recovered seven bodies of assailants involved.1763 One interviewee reported that at approximately 8am that day, after the shooting had ended, he came out of his house and saw security forces dragging seven bodies onto a boat.1764 803. Later that morning, Tatmadaw soldiers entered Hpaung Taw Pyin in their vehicles and stopped near the BGP outpost. They opened fire and people started to flee. 1765 Interviewees reported that soldiers and other security forces that morning arrested four young boys, including the 15-year old son of a Rohingya village leader and a 22-year old religious scholar. Both were believed to have been killed. 1766 804. Many people from Hpaung Taw Pyin and surrounding areas fled south to Maung Nu.1767 Some families sought shelter in relatives’ homes, and some in a large compound owned by two Rohingya relatives, who were known to have good relations with the security forces in the area.1768 Within the compound were a large two-story house and other smaller houses.1769 Most of the men hid upstairs in the main house, while most of the women and children sought shelter downstairs. Eventually approximately 200 people had sought shelter inside the compound.1770 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761 1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 EI-003, EI-004, EI-005, QI-052, RI-004, WI-005, WI-027, LM-006, K-155.2. CI-196, LI-055, V-076. CI-026, CI-109, LI-055. K-154.1, K-154.2. CI-026, CI-044, CI-109, CI-110, CI-195, CI-196, EI-019, LI-055, LI-084, WI-017, YI-032, YI-033. Information Committee, “Breaking News 2” (Facebook post, 25 August 2017), https://www.facebook.com/InfomationCommittee/posts/785202504986191 Information Committee, “Breaking News 1: Many police outposts and police stations in Maungtaw attacked by extremist terrorists” (Facebook post, 25 August 2017), https://www.facebook.com/InfomationCommittee/photos/a.639477959558647.1073741828.63945620 6227489/785096194996822/?type=3 LI-055, V-077, V-078. EI-019, WI-017. CI-195, LI-084, V-067, V-076. CI-109, CI-110, CI-026, CI-196, EI-019, LI-055, WI-017, YI-032. CI-026, CI-110, CI-195, CI-196, LI-081, LI-084, LI-094, QI-042, WI-017, YI-032. CI-026, CI-194, CI-195, LI-094. CI-026, CI-196, LI-079, QI-042, YI-032. 189

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