A/HRC/39/CRP.2 and raped.2102 In the third week of September 2017, a 40-year old female eyewitness saw military vehicles arrive at the military compound in Buthidaung town and unload a group of approximately 10 girls aged between 12 and 18. She saw them being stripped naked by the soldiers before she ran away.2103 931. The abduction and gang rape of women and girls also took place at the military compound next to Gu Dar Pyin village, Buthidaung Township, on the day of the “clearance operations” in that village.2104 A woman described watching her 15-year old daughter being forcibly taken by soldiers to the compound, along with other girls: “My daughter cried out to me to save her. I watched her taken away until I couldn’t see her anymore. There is not a day that I do not cry.”2105 On the same day, another woman saw her 15-year old daughter being taken away by soldiers from their house, while her elder son tried to intervene. She and her husband escaped with their younger children. Her husband returned the next day and found the body of their son. They do not know what happened to their daughter. 2106 932. Tatmadaw was the main perpetrator of sexual violence. A total of 80 per cent of incidents of rape corroborated by the Mission were of gang rape, and 82 per cent of these gang rapes were perpetrated by the Tatmadaw. Incidents of rape and sexual violence were also carried out by members of the BGP, the Myanmar Police Force and ethnic Rakhine, although considerably less so.2107 Although the majority of Rohingya women and girls do not understand Myanmar language, those who did described the use of derogatory language during rapes. One woman, gang raped with her sister, reported a member of the Tatmadaw saying, “We are going to kill you this way, by raping. We are going to kill Rohingya. We will rape you. This is not your country.” 2108 Another woman from Kha Maung Seik, Maungdaw Township, reported a soldier saying, “We will rape you and kill you” and using insulting terms such as “Kalar”.2109 933. Women and girls of reproductive age were targeted. A review of interviews conducted by the Mission, together with other information received, shows that the most common age range for rape and gang rape was approximately 13 to 25 years old. Soldiers would commonly select unmarried women or girls.2110 It is unclear whether pregnant women were specifically targeted but many were raped, and many suffered miscarriages or their babies died following rape, including one woman who was eight months pregnant. 2111 Older women were also victims of sexual and gender-based violence, as were very young girls. 2112 934. Victims frequently complained of severe pain in their genital area, severe blood loss, pain in their abdomens and severe pain on urination. 2113 Women and girls often had to be carried to Bangladesh by husbands, brothers, sons or neighbours because they could not walk.2114 Months after being raped, victims still suffered from severe injuries that prevented them from having sexual intercourse with their husbands, and women voiced concerns that their husbands would leave them and that they would no longer be able to have children. 2115 A woman from Laung Don, Maungdaw Township, underwent a hysterectomy in Bangladesh 2102 2103 2104 2105 2106 2107 2108 2109 2110 2111 2112 2113 2114 2115 216 EI-086. EI-064. EI-078, EI-079, EI-080, K-151. EI-078. EI-079. EI-075, EI-083, EI-084, EI-088, EI-098, EI-093. EI-084. EI-090. EI-014, QI-052, WI-004. EI-014, EI-073, EI-083, EI-096. EI-067, EI-068, EI-048, V-138. EI-029, EI-025, EI-030, EI-071, EI-083, EI-089. EI-074, EI-081, EI-083, EI-090. EI-025, EI-029, EI-030, EI-083, EI-089.