A/HRC/39/CRP.2 921. Mass gang rape, involving multiple perpetrators and multiple victims in the same incident, was a notable pattern,2054 and occurred in at least ten village tracts between 25 August and mid-September.2055 The Mission received further credible reports of mass gang rapes in a number of other locations. Mass gang rapes were commonly perpetrated in open public spaces, in front of family and neighbours, within forested areas near the village;2056 in large houses within the village;2057 and during detention in military and police compounds.2058 In some incidents, up to 40 women and girls were raped or gang raped together.2059 Women and girls were commonly raped by more than one perpetrator, frequently by many perpetrators, sometimes as many as ten. 2060 In Kyein Chaung, north Maungdaw Township, a 35-year old woman spoke of being brutally gang raped by nine men near her house: I was eight months pregnant. They stamped and kicked my stomach with their boots, and then stripped me naked. I recognised some of the Tatmadaw from the local camp. I was blindfolded and hung by my wrists from a tree. I was raped nine times, both anally and vaginally. I counted all of them. Whilst they were raping me, they bit me on my breasts and neck. They left me tied to the tree. My mother found me in the evening. My unborn baby died.2061 Another female survivor told the Mission, “I was lucky, I was only raped by three men”. 2062 922. Often, mass gang rape took place after the separation of women and girls from men and boys.2063 In some instances, women and girls were brought to houses where Tatmadaw soldiers were waiting, including men in camouflage and with helmets.2064 After entering the houses, women and girls were beaten, stripped and brutally raped or gang raped in common spaces or in separate rooms, toilets or other areas.2065 923. For example, a young woman, from a village in Kyet Yoe Pyin, Maungdaw Township, explained how she was taken by members of the Tatmadaw, together with 20 to 30 other women and girls, to a large house in the village. The women were then taken to different rooms to be raped.2066 An 18-year old woman from Maung Gyn Hanut, Buthidaung Township, described how she and a group of 12 women and girls were gang raped in a forest area. She was raped by two soldiers and she saw the other women and girls being taken away by soldiers and heard screaming. Later, these women told her that they were also raped.2067 In nearby Nga Yant Chaung, Buthidaung Township, a 23-year old woman described how villagers were first gathered in the centre of the village, and then soldiers took her and other women to forested areas in groups of four and five. She was raped by two soldiers, whom she recognised from the local military compound, and saw many other women being raped.2068 2054 2055 2056 2057 2058 2059 2060 2061 2062 2063 2064 2065 2066 2067 2068 EI-001, EI-030, EI-038, EI-039, EI-065, EI-067, EI-073, EI-075, EI-080, EI-081, EI-089, EI-094, EI097, EI-098, LI-105, K-128. In Maungdaw: Kha Maung Seik (Fwaira Bazar), (Min Gyi) (Tula Toli), Kyein Chaung (Boli Bazar), Kyauk Pan Du (Shitar Fawrikka); in Buthidaung: Ba Da Kar (Fati Yaar), Nga Yant Chaung (a) Taung Bazar (Nga Yant Chaung), Chin Tha Mar (Hang Sar Para), Gu Dar Pyin (Gudam Para), Maung Gyi Taung (Shab Bazar) and in Rathedaung: Chut Pyin (Shuap Praung). EI-021, EI-027, EI-030, EI-064, YI-030. CI-042, CI-046, EI-021, EI-080, EI-081, QI-052, QI-060, QI-071, WI-038. K-128 EI-023, EI-028, EI-064, EI-066, EI-086, EI-094, EI-097, K-151, K-127. EI-007, EI-055, LI-037. EI-007, EI-014, EI-057, EI-096, EI-102. EI-096. EI-075. CI-034, CI-042, CI-046, EI-021, EI-080, EI-081, EI-097, QI-052, QI-60, QI-072, WI-038, K-151. EI-057, EI-065, EI-080, EI-081. CI-042, CI-046, EI-080, EI-081, EI-097, QI-052, QI-060, QI-072, WI-038, K-151. EI-097. EI-030. EI-021. 213