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789. A large number of women and children were victims of the attacks. 1724 Children,
including infants and babies, were specifically targeted; some were wrenched from their
mothers’ arms and thrown to the ground, others were thrown into fires and burned alive. 1725
As one woman explained, women were sometimes slower to flee and therefore easier targets,
particularly if they were carrying their infants and children.1726 One woman was inside her
house with a group of children when the house was set on fire. She ran to escape, carrying
her 20-month old baby, and dragging along her eight-year old child. She was then shot. The
bullet hit both her and her baby, who died immediately. Her eight year old was also shot, and
died later that night in the paddy field where they were hiding. 1727 Another mother recalled
the death of her young son who was two and a half years old and who was shot in the side of
his upper torso. His last words were, “I need water, mother, I am very thirsty.” She held his
dead body in her arms all night.1728
790. Women and girls were also subjected to rape, gang rape, sexual mutilation and sexual
humiliation during the “clearance operations” in Chut Pyin.1729 Credible and consistent
reports describe how members of the Tatmadaw separated women and girls. They selected
some of them, taking them to a school, which was being used as a military base, where mass
gang rape took place.1730 Women and girls were subjected to serious physical injuries either
before being raped or after being killed, including the mutilation of their breasts.1731 An
interviewee described how he saw two groups of five Tatmadaw soldiers arrive in Chut
Pyin from the nearby military compound. From his hiding place, he saw them “grabbing”
women and heard the women screaming. He saw the military cutting off the breast of a
woman who later died.1732 The Tatmadaw also assaulted and humiliated women and girls
while stealing from them.1733
791. A large group of 57 men, mostly teachers and other educated people, were taken away
by soldiers during the “clearance operation”. There has been no further information regarding
their whereabouts.1734
792. Some persons who managed to survive did so by hiding in the long grass of the paddy
fields or in ponds.1735 From their hiding places, some of these saw many dead bodies.1736
Others who returned to the village later that evening reported seeing bodies strewn across the
village, including inside houses and outside compounds.1737 Another man who passed through
Chut Pyin a few days later noted, “There were dead bodies everywhere, and many children’s
bodies were floating in the river. We were terrified, and had to cover our mouths because of
the bad smell.”1738
793. Rohingya villagers who survived fled to neighbouring villages, with a large number
finding refuge in Ah Htet Nan Yar village (known in Rohingya as Razar Bil), where local
Rohingya provided them with basic medical care, food and shelter.1739 One woman described
the situation:
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QI-052, WI-003, WI-005, LM-018.
WI-006.
WI-003.
QI-050.
CI-177, LI-009, QI-052, WI-005, WI-006, WI-027, K-151, K-155.1.
CI-191, EI-093, QI-052, K-151, K-155.1.
WI-005, WI-006, WI-027, LM-018.
WI-005.
BI-010, WI-003, WI-005.
CI-185, CI-191, RI-001, K-153.3.
BI-009, BI-010, CI-185, RI-001, WI-003, WI-027, LM-006.
BI-007, BI-008, BI-010, QI-050, QI-052, WI-003.
CI-019, CI-177, LI-042, QI-031.
LI-118.
BI-007, BI-009, BI-010, CI-019, CI-177, CI-185, CI-191, LI-008, LI-042, RI-001, WI-003, WI-006,
WI-027, LM-006, LM-018.
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