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Image from 13 February 2018 showing the village tracts in the vicinity of Min Gyi
village tract
757. On 25 and 26 August 2017, two ARSA attacks took place near Min Gyi.1619 Witnesses
reported hearing gunshots close to Min Gyi on the same dates. 1620 The Government further
reported that ARSA burned down 30 houses and set off a handmade mine in Wet Kyein on
29 August.1621 On the same day, the Government also reported that ARSA burned ethnic Mro
homes in Khu Daing (Myo) village in Pa Da Kar Ywar Thit village tract and was responsible
for violent acts against Mro villagers during this attack. 1622
758. Between 26 and 29 August 2017, Tatmadaw soldiers carried out two “clearance
operations” in the Rohingya villages in Wet Kyein and Pa Da Kar Ywar Thit village tracts,
east of Min Gyi.1623 As they entered Wet Kyein, they used “launchers” 1624 to set houses on
fire1625 while shooting villagers escaping towards the hills. 1626 Then they moved to Pa Da Kar
Ywar Thit and continued shooting towards villagers and setting houses on fire. 1627 Many were
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According to the Government, on 25 August “at around 3.35am”, ARSA attacked a police checkpoint
in Net Chaung village, a few kilometres north of Min Gyi. A second Government statement issued a
day later reported that, on 26 August 2017, another ARSA attack took place in Wet Kyein at around
7.16pm at a deserted police checkpoint. Information Committee, “Breaking News 8: Extremist terrorists
continue
carrying
out
violent
attacks”
(Facebook
post,
26
August
2017),
https://www.facebook.com/InfomationCommittee/posts/786222098217565; K-154.2.
CI-041, CI-042, CI-046, CI-144, CI-189, EI-066, QI-030.
Information Committee, “Breaking News 12: Extremist terrorists continue carrying out violent
attacks” (Facebook post, 29 August 2017),
https://www.facebook.com/InfomationCommittee/posts/787636841409424
Information Committee, “Breaking News 17: Extremist terrorists continue setting houses on fire”
(Facebook post 30 August 2017),
https://www.facebook.com/InfomationCommittee/posts/788328661340242; EI-098, RI-008, V-067,
V-068, Satellite imagery confirms that ethnic Mro homes in Khu Daing were burned down, and while
the Mission believes this information to be credible, it has not been able to verify these allegations.
See this chapter, section D.1.c: Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army.
CI-040, CI-041, CI-042, LI-073, Q1-058, QI-071, QI-114, V-064, V-065.
Tatmadaw soldiers used weapons referred to by many victims as “launchers”. They were described as
making loud explosive sounds, after which a whole building or set of buildings rapidly caught fire.
“Launcher” likely refers to a weapon that fires a munition that explodes upon impact.
CI-042, LI-073.
CI-040, LI-073.
CI-040, CI-041, CI-144, LI-105, LI-128, QI-058, QI-114, XI-006.
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