A/HRC/39/CRP.2 837. Early on 25 August 2017, Tatmadaw soldiers, 1854 accompanied by other security forces1855 and ethnic Rakhine,1856 entered Chein Khar Li from the south,1857 shooting at villagers.1858 Some Rohingya ran towards the forested hills 1859 and many people were shot when fleeing.1860 Others died in more targeted killings by having their throats slit or other stabbings.1861 Those who returned to the village after the attack found bodies with throats cut and decapitated heads, including those of children.1862 One survivor who returned to the village recalled: I found my six-month old son’s body lying next to my wife’s body. She had been shot. My baby son was stabbed in his stomach and his intestine and liver were coming out. When I took his small body into my lap, I was showered with his blood. 1863 838. Soldiers then started to burn houses in a systematic fashion, from the south and moving north.1864 “Launchers” were used,1865 as well as petrol and matches.1866 One villager commented: “They burned everything. Not one tree was left.” 1867 A number of persons unable to escape, including disabled persons, children and the elderly, were burned inside their houses.1868 A number of corpses were thrown into burning houses. 1869 839. On 28 August 2017, the Tatmadaw undertook a further “clearance operation” in Koe Tan Kauk village, one and a half kilometres to the north. 1870 Early that morning, a group of Tatmadaw soldiers, accompanied by other security forces1871 and ethnic Rakhine,1872 entered the village from both sides.1873 The Tatmadaw led the operation, shooting into the village and towards people fleeing. 840. Weapons were also fired towards the village from naval ships that had been stationed just off the shore.1874 The military also fired “launchers” towards homes. 1875 A number of elderly1876 and disabled persons1877 were burned in their houses, with their bodies found by relatives who returned to the village in subsequent days to search for survivors or recover food and belongings.1878 841. Rape and sexual violence also occurred in both locations. In Koe Tan Kauk village, one man found a young girl naked and bleeding, who told him she had been raped by the military. She died.1879 The Mission received a report of a man from Chein Khar Li who saw 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 CI-014, CI-030, CI-031, CI-137, LI-045, LI-052, LI-053, LI-100, YI -006, YI-007, WI-029, WI-030, V-067. CI-137, LI-053, QI-002. CI-137, LI-052, LI-053, YI-006, LI-045, K-076.22. CI-014, CI-030, LI-052, LI-053, QI-002. CI-014, CI-137. CI-014, CI-030, CI-031, CI-137, LI-053, WI-029, WI-030, YI-007, V-067. CI-030, CI-137, LI-053. CI-030, CI-137, LI-045. CI-030, CI-137, LI-052, WI-030, YI-006. CI-030. CI-014, LI-052, LI-053, WI-029. CI-014, C-030, CI-137, YI-006, YI-007. CI-030. LI-045. CI-030, CI-137, LI-045, LI-052, LI-053. CI-137, LI-053, WI-029. CI-116, V-067. CI-116, CI-118, LI-100. CI-116, LI-100, QI-003, QI-33. CI-116, CI-118, LI-100, QI-113, XI-001, K-076.21. CI-183, LI-100, QI-113, V-081. CI-118, LI-100, QI-33, QI-034. QI-113. CI-116, CI-119, LI-100, QI-113. LI-100, QI-034, QI-113. XI-001. 197