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soldiers. Forensic analysis confirms two violent bite marks, one on each cheek, sustained
during the rape.2086
927. Many victims were killed after being raped. Most had their throats slit, or were burned
to death.2087 A large number of interviewees saw dead bodies of women and girls en route to
Bangladesh who they thought had been raped, because the bodies were naked and large
amounts of blood were visible between their legs. 2088 A number of interviewees said that girls
had been “raped to death”,2089 because of unusual amounts of blood in the genital area. In
some instances, the genital area, or their breasts, appeared mutilated.2090 Death may have been
caused by genital trauma,2091 especially when a woman had been gang raped, or women and
girls may have been raped with instruments, such as knives or sticks, which caused internal
organ damage, leading to death. 2092
928. Frequently, rapes took place in front of family members, including husbands, parents
and young children.2093 A mother from Inn Din described how her adult daughter’s legs were
tied to different doors and she was raped by 10 male perpetrators. Her daughter’s throat was
then slit and the house set on fire.2094 Mothers were often gang raped in front of their young
children,2095 who were often ill-treated, and sometimes killed.2096 A mother from Nga Yant
Chaung saw her seven-year old son killed with a large knife while she was being gang raped
by five men in police uniform. 2097 Many women and girls stated that the rape itself was only
one aspect of their suffering. The loss of family members, particularly children or unborn
children, was described by mothers to the Mission as “unbearable”.2098
929. The “clearance operations” also involved the systematic abduction and detention of
women in military and police compounds and bases, where they were then raped or, more
commonly, gang raped.2099 Parents, relatives and neighbours reported that they saw women
and girls being forcibly taken by the Tatmadaw who were not seen again. A large number of
Rohingya women and girls remain missing, presumed dead. The Mission received examples
of the Tatmadaw demanding a number of women or girls to be brought to their
compounds.2100 A young woman from Dar Gyi Zar, Maungdaw Township, described how
she and 20 other women and girls went to the local military compound when such a demand
was issued in late August 2017. They were locked in a room for three days, and the two
youngest girls, aged around 13 or 14 years old, were taken to the next room. Ten Tatmadaw
soldiers entered the room and she heard screaming. A few hours later, the girls’ dead bodies
were carried out. They were naked from the waist up, had blood in their genital area, and bite
marks on their faces or scratches on them. 2101
930. In and around Buthidaung town, women and girls were systematically abducted,
detained, gang raped and killed in military and police compounds during the “clearance
operations.” An 18-year old woman from a village near Buthidaung town was detained and
gang raped for five days in a military compound. She could hear women in other rooms
screaming during her detention. She believed that there were up to 20 other women detained
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CI-045.
E1-014, EI-064, EI-065, EI-067, EI-075, EI-076, EI-080, EI-081, EI-088, EI-094, EI-098.
EI-067, EI-077, EI-078, EI-095, XI-001.
EI-064, EI-067, EI-092, LI-081, LI-105, WI-006, WI-027.
EI-064, EI-067, EI-092, LI-081, LI-105, WI-006, WI-027, XI-001.
K-124.
K-124.
EI-027, EI-029, EI-057, EI-071, EI-083. See below in this section, Attacks on and grave violations
against children.
EI-057.
EI-025, EI-029, EI-083; See below in this section, Attacks on and grave violations against children.
EI-044, EI-071, EI-083; See below in this section, Attacks on and grave violations against children.
EI-083.
EI-083, EI-096.
EI-022, EI-064, EI-078, EI-079, EI-080, EI-083, EI-086, XI-001.
EI-022, EI-083.
EI-022.
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