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full list, it is consistent with information received, and names of persons documented by the
Mission as killed appear on the list.1802
816. Maung Nu and Hpaung Taw Pyin were burned over a period of several days. Satellite
imagery shows the burning and destruction of structures in Maung Nu and Hpaung Taw Pyin
by 16 September 2017. The images show that more than 320 structures were destroyed by
fire in both locations.1803
Image of Maung Nu from 16 September 2017 showing areas of burned structures
817. Tatmadaw soldiers led the operation in Maung Nu,1804 with witnesses recognising
soldiers from Light Infantry Battalion 564.1805 Many accounts identified by name one of the
soldiers, who appeared to have directly led and participated in the killings of men and boys
in the courtyard of the compound. 1806
Gu Dar Pyin
818. Gu Dar Pyin is a village tract in southern Buthidaung Township, approximately 15
kilometres south of Buthidaung town. There are three ethnic Rakhine settlements, and two
larger Rohingya villages. Gu Dar Pyin is the main settlement of the Rohingya population,
who know it as Gudam Para. There is one police camp in the village tract, which is located
in Kyauk Sar Taing, about a mile from Gu Dar Pyin.1807
819. Although the Government did not initially report an ARSA attack in Gu Dar Pyin on
or after 25 August 2017,1808 there are unverified reports of an incident, including a possible
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CI-026, CI-109, EI-019, LI-055, LI-079, LI-084, QI-042, WI-019.
Satellite image analysis prepared for the mission by UNITAR-UNOSAT.
CI-026, LI-079, LI-084, QI -042, WI-017.
EI-019, LI-094, WI-007.
CI-026, CI-109, CI-195, LI-094, LM-018, V-076, V-077.
CI-103.
Although no mention was made of an attack on Gu Dar Pyin at the time, on 3 February 2018, in a
response to a media article providing details of the “clearance operation” in Gu Dar Pyin, the
Government claimed that an ARSA attack did take place. See Global New Light of Myanmar,
“Authorities refute AP’s report on mass graves in Buthidaung” (3 February 2018), stating that in Gu
Dar Pyin, “security forces were attacked by a combined group of ARSA terrorists, and some 500
villagers had attacked the security forces on 28 August 2017.”