A/HRC/39/CRP.2 while the security forces used guns.1359 Sometimes, ethnic Rakhine perpetrators were known to Muslims villagers. 1360 One interviewee from Yasina hamlet explained how he recognised some of the ethnic Rakhine who were armed with large knives: I recognized many of them. We had a very good relationship before. When I saw this, I had tears in my eyes. These were people with whom we used to share our meals for Eid and now they were standing there to kill us.1361 647. In contrast, the Mission received an account from one Rohingya describing how an ethnic Rakhine person saved the life of her mother who was about to be killed by another Rakhine.1362 648. In some cases, ethnic Rakhine slit the throats of their victims. 1363 In other cases, they mutilated their bodies, including the breasts of women. 1364 In addition to killings by ethnic Rakhine, Tatmadaw soldiers, police officers or Lon Htein 1365 shot indiscriminately at Muslims, including while their houses were being burned. 1366 One interviewee described seeing his brother shot and killed when soldiers opened fire on a group of Muslims sitting in a paddy field.1367 Another interviewee described the killing of her neighbour by a Tatmadaw soldier in Sittwe town, because he was outside five minutes after the curfew started. 1368 Arson attacks 649. There was extensive burning and destruction of houses and mosques in Sittwe. 1369 Narzi hamlet was one of the most affected. Houses of ethnic Rakhine were also burned, but Muslims were disproportionality affected. Security forces actively participated in the burning of Muslim houses. In some cases, ethnic Rakhine and security forces jointly burned Muslim houses. Witnesses described to the Mission how the Tatmadaw and/or the police either helped set the houses on fire1370 or provided physical protection to ethnic Rakhine who were doing so.1371 For example, ethnic Rakhine threw bottles filled with petrol on Muslim houses, while security forces shot at the bottles causing the fire to spread. 1372 In other instances, security forces set houses on fire on their own, targeting Muslim houses. 1373 The security forces also shot at villagers attempting to extinguish the fires.1374 One interviewee described his experience in Narzi hamlet on 12 June: First, the Rakhine were throwing bottles filled with petrol on huts. Muslims were trying to stop the burning by pouring water on the fire, but the police and Tatmadaw soldiers shot at them to prevent them from doing this. Afterwards, security forces came and started using fire launchers to burn the buildings that had not yet burned properly.1375 1359 1360 1361 1362 1363 1364 1365 1366 1367 1368 1369 1370 1371 1372 1373 1374 1375 152 CI-077, CI-086, DI-007, DI-020, DI-023, DI-035, DI-049, DI-050. CI-066, DI-023. DI-023. DI-050. CI-097, DI-023. CI-077, CI-078, CI-086, DI-020, DI-049; KI-076.9.16. Lon Htein is short for Lon-chon-hmu Htein-thein Tat-yin, or “security preservation battalion”. It is also known as the “special police” or “riot police”. CI-069, CI-077, CI-086, DI-007, DI-020. DI-020. DI-050. CI-066, CI-067, CI-068, CI-069, CI-078, CI-086, CI-096, CI-097, CI-156, CI-159, CI-166, DI-007, DI020, DI-023, DI-035, DI-049, DI-050, DI-055, K-076.1 CI-066, DI-007, DI-020, DI-035, DI-055. CI-068, CI-069, CI-077, CI-086. CI-066, DI-035, DI-055. DI-023. DI-007, KI-076.9.15; KI-076.9.16, V-166. DI-007.