A/HRC/39/CRP.2 853. After days in hiding, and unable to return home, many villagers left for Bangladesh. One person described walking north to Myin Hlut, known in Rohingya as May Rulla, and spending a night there before it too was attacked, forcing them to flee from a “clearance operation” for a second time. 1913 854. During the “clearance operation” in Kyauk Pan Du, women and girls were gang raped and subjected to serious physical injuries by members of the Tatmadaw and ethnic Rakhine men. This included mass gang rapes.1914 A young woman, 20-years old, described her experience: My husband was shot and then he had his throat cut. I was raped. It is so difficult to say what happened. They tore off my clothes, then six soldiers raped me, and after that two ethnic Rakhine men, whom I recognised, raped me. They pressed my breasts and face continuously. My face almost turned blue. I knew the ethnic Rakhine who lived nearby.1915 855. A list of casualties developed by by Rohingya community volunteers in the refugee camps of sourthern Bangladesh put an estimate of deaths at 38. While the Mission has not been able to verify this number, it is consistent with testimony received. Myin Hlut People were running in different directions, and I wasn’t even able to carry my children. Everyone was just running for their lives.1916 856. Myin Hlut, known in Rohingya as May Rulla, is a village tract to the north of Kyauk Pan Du. There are 10 hamlets spread along fertile land near the coast, the majority of which were Rohingya, and with a police post in the western part of the village tract. 857. On 25 August 2017, an ARSA attack took place in Myin Hlut, and the Tatmadaw alleged that two police officers were killed. 1917 Continuous gunfire was heard in the early hours.1918 One villager described how his family gathered out of fear. Bullets entered their compound. One of his cousins was hit and killed inside his uncle’s house. 1919 858. An initial “clearance operation” in the village started in the early morning of 25 August, with Tatmadaw soldiers and members of the BGP entering from the west and firing weapons at people fleeing and burning properties. 1920 A number of people were shot and died, some while trying to escape.1921 The security forces also killed people by cutting their throats with knives.1922 859. One witness, who hid in a dumping site, recognized BGP members involved in the operation. He knew them from playing football together. 1923 A large number of properties in Myin Hlut West and South were burned by “launchers”. 1924 A witness saw the security forces first burning the market buildings and madrassa to the west, then moving through the first hamlet, burning houses as they proceeded. As he ran with family members, he was shot in the leg: 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 200 LI-120. EI-007, EI-072, LI-020, LI-039, WI-016. EI-072. QI-111. K-154.2, V-082; Information Committee, “Breaking News 2: Extremist terrorists launch series of attacks on police stations and police outposts in Maungtaw Township” (Facebook post, 25 August 2017). BI-002, QI-111, QI-112, YI-010. QI-111. BI-002, YI-010. EI-035, QI-112, WI-022, YI-010. WI-020, WI-022. YI-010. BI-014, WI-022, YI -010.