I. Killings, Abductions, Torture, and Threats by Rohingya Militant Groups in Bangladesh’s Refugee Camps 36 During the October 2021 attack, in addition to killing the religious leaders, the militants also beat and wounded other Rohingya refugees in the area.140 For example, one man told Fortify Rights how men believed to be members of ARSA maimed him. He said: They cut off two of my fingers and hit me on my head, and they thought I was dead and left me. My home is close by, and I somehow crawled and managed to get to my shelter [to escape]. ... They had long swords and knives. Some had guns in hand. ... I was hit five times on my head. [I] also got hit on my arm, and I am severely injured. ... The doctors at [name withheld for security] hospital wrapped a bandage on the wounds.141 Fortify Rights reviewed mobile phone photographs of the severed fingers.142 Another Rohingya survivor of the attack told Fortify Rights how he saw the man’s finger after the attack: “One of the men had his hand cut, and his finger was cut off. The man whose finger was cut was from our block. I have photographs of the cut finger.”143 The man described how he himself was attacked and injured: “The [assailants] hit me with an iron rod on my chest and a sword hit my head. When I was first hit with the sword, I ran away and soon fainted unconscious. I fell down. The other people helped me and carried me to a place to recover.”144 Later, the man was taken to a hospital outside of the camp to treat his wounds.145 A survivor of the madrasa attack in October 2021 in Camp-18 told Fortify Rights that ARSA threatened him before the killings. He said: “They have told us before to follow them and join their group. ... ARSA members said, ‘You have to join us, support us. We have to be able to use the madrasa for meetings.’”146 After the attack on the madrasa, Bangladesh police increased their security patrols in the area, but this did not stop ARSA militants from continuing to threaten people. The survivor told Fortify Rights: “Even now, [ARSA] have been threatening me, saying, ‘Eat well while you are with the police. Once they are gone, you will be finished.’ I feel I may be killed any moment.”147 In April 2022, APBn reportedly arrested at least one suspect in the attack on the madrasa.148 * * * In an attempted killing in early January 2023, men believed to be affiliates of ARSA attacked a majhi because they suspected him of cooperating with Bangladesh authorities to arrest ARSA members.149 According to the majhi, approximately one week after a senior ARSA member threatened him over the phone, ARSA members opened fire at him in a refugee camp in broad daylight. The man told Fortify Rights that he was at a teashop near his shelter when ARSA members confronted him: “[F]our [ARSA] members wearing face masks arrived; three among them had guns. Two among these four were from my block, and one of them shot at me while I was seated on a chair [in the teashop]. ... One bullet hit my thigh on my right leg. The gun was a pistol.”150 140 For more information on torture and ill-treatment of Rohingya, see the chapter in this report, “Abductions, Torture, and Ill-Treatment.” 141 Fortify Rights interview with B.I. Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh, November 18, 2021. 142 Photographs on file with Fortify Rights, October 2021. 143 Fortify Rights interview with B.F., Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh, November 2, 2021. 144 Ibid. 145 Ibid. 146 Ibid. Fortify Rights also spoke to B.F. on November 17, 2021, in a follow up interview. 147 Fortify Rights interview with B.F., Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh, November 2, 2021 148 “6 Rohingyas Killed in Ukhiya Madrasa Last Year: 1 Arrested in Cox’s Bazar,” Daily Star, April 15, 2022, https://www. thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/6-rohingyas-killed-ukhiya-madrasa-last-year-1-arrestedcoxs-bazar-3005281. 149 Fortify Rights interview with B.Z., Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh, January 27, 2023. 150 Ibid.