A/HRC/39/CRP.2 encountered Tatmadaw soldiers. She said that some of the men were shot, while others were tied up, taken away and not seen again.2158 A woman provided information of her two sons being captured in a village in Ah Lel Than Kyaw, Maungdaw Township, where they had sought refuge during their journey to Bangladesh: We were trying to cook some rice under a tree when soldiers came and we all gathered. The soldiers picked out the males, including my two sons. They were forced onto the ground, with their hands tied behind their heads. The soldiers put their boots on the sides of my sons’ faces. Thirteen men were then taken away, including my sons.2159 957. The men and boys detained have not been seen since and their whereabouts are unknown.2160 The circumstances in which men were detained during the “clearance operations” have not afforded family members the opportunity to seek information from the authorities, with many relatives now in Bangladesh. In any event, the Tatmadaw is unlikely to assist them with information. The Tatmadaw publicly referred to the detention of 114 “Bengalis” in October 2017, although no further details were provided regarding their identity or whereabouts, or whether any charges had been laid or judicial process initiated.2161 Even a conservative estimate of those disappeared far exceeds this figure. Although relatives hope that those taken away are detained, many presume that they have been killed. Some of these fears are based on indications given at the time men and boys were taken away. For example, a woman who saw her son and other men taken away by soldiers was told, “We will do nothing to you, but we will slaughter them”.2162 Another interviewee saw men being tied up and taken into a house, after which he heard the sound of gunfire. He could not see what happened but believes that they were killed. 2163 Similarly, in a well-documented incident, 10 men who had their hands tied and were taken away in Inn Din, southern Maungdaw Township, were subsequently killed by the security forces and local villagers. 2164 958. The anguish of not knowing what happened to those disappeared remains overwhelming within the Rohingya community. One man made a specific request to the Mission: Please help us find out about the people who were taken away, those who died are gone, but please try to find information about these people.2165 Destruction and looting of civilian homes, property and other protected objects Burning of property 959. Through analysing satellite imagery and witness accounts, the Mission has established widespread, systematic, deliberate, organized and targeted destruction, mainly by fire, of Rohingya-populated area across the three townships of northern Rakhine State. Maungdaw, Buthidaung and Rathedaung Townships are comprised of approximately 993 villages. Satellite imagery from August 2017 to March 20182166 shows that, following 25 August 2017, approximately 392 of these villages2167 across the three townships were partially (214 2158 2159 2160 2161 2162 2163 2164 2165 2166 2167 XI-001. EI-030. BI-016, XI-006. This was stated in the Tatmadaw initial investigation in November, with the same figure reiterated in its more recent publication, “Myanmar Politics and the Tatmadaw: Part 1” (2018). EI-030. QI-115. CI-146, LI-006, LI-130, QI-051; See this chapter, section D.1.a. Most serious incidents; Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo, S. Lewis, A. Slodkowski, “Massacre in Myanmar” (Reuters, 8 February 2018). Commander-in-Chief, “Tatmadaw investigation team statement on findings of discovery of unidentified bodies in Inn Din Village Cemetery in Maungdaw Township” (Facebook post, 10 January 2018), post on file with Mission. RI-001. This is the period covered by the UNITAR-UNOSAT data analysis provided to the Mission, a summary of which is accessible at https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/FFMMyanmar/UNOSATReportMyanmar_20180912.pdf 277 villages in Maungdaw, 96 villages in Buthidaung, and 19 villages in Rathedaung. 221