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uniforms and equipped with guns.1757 This may indicate the involvement of the ethnic
Rakhine militia, who are sometimes referred to as Pyi Thu Sit.
Maung Nu
799. Maung Nu (known in Rohingya as Monu Para) is a village in the Chin Tha Mar village
tract of Buthidaung Township with approximately 400 Rohingya households. 1758 Less than
one kilometre north, Hpaung Taw Pyin village (known in Rohingya as Pondu Prang) has
approximately 350 Rohingya households1759 and a BGP outpost.
800. There are two military bases near Maung Nu, both under the Western Command.
Light Infantry Battalion 564 is just south of Maung Nu and Light Infantry Battalion 552 is
approximately 10 to 12 kilometres north, in Nga Yant Chaung village tract (also known as
Taung Bazar).
801. Early on 25 August 2017, ARSA attacked the BGP outpost in Hpaung Taw Pyin.1760
Villagers in Maung Nu and Hpaung Taw Pyin heard gunshots coming from this direction in
the early morning.1761 The Government stated that two police officers and two assailants were
killed.1762
802. There were two additional ARSA attacks near Maung Nu early that morning; the first
at the military base occupied by the Light Infantry Battalion 552, and the second shortly
afterwards at the BGP outpost, both in Nga Yant Chaung village tract. The Government said
it recovered seven bodies of assailants involved.1763 One interviewee reported that at
approximately 8am that day, after the shooting had ended, he came out of his house and saw
security forces dragging seven bodies onto a boat.1764
803. Later that morning, Tatmadaw soldiers entered Hpaung Taw Pyin in their vehicles
and stopped near the BGP outpost. They opened fire and people started to flee. 1765
Interviewees reported that soldiers and other security forces that morning arrested four young
boys, including the 15-year old son of a Rohingya village leader and a 22-year old religious
scholar. Both were believed to have been killed. 1766
804. Many people from Hpaung Taw Pyin and surrounding areas fled south to Maung
Nu.1767 Some families sought shelter in relatives’ homes, and some in a large compound
owned by two Rohingya relatives, who were known to have good relations with the security
forces in the area.1768 Within the compound were a large two-story house and other smaller
houses.1769 Most of the men hid upstairs in the main house, while most of the women and
children sought shelter downstairs. Eventually approximately 200 people had sought shelter
inside the compound.1770
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EI-003, EI-004, EI-005, QI-052, RI-004, WI-005, WI-027, LM-006, K-155.2.
CI-196, LI-055, V-076.
CI-026, CI-109, LI-055.
K-154.1, K-154.2.
CI-026, CI-044, CI-109, CI-110, CI-195, CI-196, EI-019, LI-055, LI-084, WI-017, YI-032, YI-033.
Information Committee, “Breaking News 2” (Facebook post, 25 August 2017),
https://www.facebook.com/InfomationCommittee/posts/785202504986191
Information Committee, “Breaking News 1: Many police outposts and police stations in Maungtaw
attacked by extremist terrorists” (Facebook post, 25 August 2017),
https://www.facebook.com/InfomationCommittee/photos/a.639477959558647.1073741828.63945620
6227489/785096194996822/?type=3
LI-055, V-077, V-078.
EI-019, WI-017.
CI-195, LI-084, V-067, V-076.
CI-109, CI-110, CI-026, CI-196, EI-019, LI-055, WI-017, YI-032.
CI-026, CI-110, CI-195, CI-196, LI-081, LI-084, LI-094, QI-042, WI-017, YI-032.
CI-026, CI-194, CI-195, LI-094.
CI-026, CI-196, LI-079, QI-042, YI-032.
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