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837. Early on 25 August 2017, Tatmadaw soldiers, 1854 accompanied by other security
forces1855 and ethnic Rakhine,1856 entered Chein Khar Li from the south,1857 shooting at
villagers.1858 Some Rohingya ran towards the forested hills 1859 and many people were shot
when fleeing.1860 Others died in more targeted killings by having their throats slit or other
stabbings.1861 Those who returned to the village after the attack found bodies with throats cut
and decapitated heads, including those of children.1862 One survivor who returned to the
village recalled:
I found my six-month old son’s body lying next to my wife’s body. She had been shot.
My baby son was stabbed in his stomach and his intestine and liver were coming out.
When I took his small body into my lap, I was showered with his blood. 1863
838. Soldiers then started to burn houses in a systematic fashion, from the south and
moving north.1864 “Launchers” were used,1865 as well as petrol and matches.1866 One villager
commented: “They burned everything. Not one tree was left.” 1867 A number of persons unable
to escape, including disabled persons, children and the elderly, were burned inside their
houses.1868 A number of corpses were thrown into burning houses. 1869
839. On 28 August 2017, the Tatmadaw undertook a further “clearance operation” in Koe
Tan Kauk village, one and a half kilometres to the north. 1870 Early that morning, a group of
Tatmadaw soldiers, accompanied by other security forces1871 and ethnic Rakhine,1872 entered
the village from both sides.1873 The Tatmadaw led the operation, shooting into the village and
towards people fleeing.
840. Weapons were also fired towards the village from naval ships that had been stationed
just off the shore.1874 The military also fired “launchers” towards homes. 1875 A number of
elderly1876 and disabled persons1877 were burned in their houses, with their bodies found by
relatives who returned to the village in subsequent days to search for survivors or recover
food and belongings.1878
841. Rape and sexual violence also occurred in both locations. In Koe Tan Kauk village,
one man found a young girl naked and bleeding, who told him she had been raped by the
military. She died.1879 The Mission received a report of a man from Chein Khar Li who saw
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CI-014, CI-030, CI-031, CI-137, LI-045, LI-052, LI-053, LI-100, YI -006, YI-007, WI-029, WI-030,
V-067.
CI-137, LI-053, QI-002.
CI-137, LI-052, LI-053, YI-006, LI-045, K-076.22.
CI-014, CI-030, LI-052, LI-053, QI-002.
CI-014, CI-137.
CI-014, CI-030, CI-031, CI-137, LI-053, WI-029, WI-030, YI-007, V-067.
CI-030, CI-137, LI-053.
CI-030, CI-137, LI-045.
CI-030, CI-137, LI-052, WI-030, YI-006.
CI-030.
CI-014, LI-052, LI-053, WI-029.
CI-014, C-030, CI-137, YI-006, YI-007.
CI-030.
LI-045.
CI-030, CI-137, LI-045, LI-052, LI-053.
CI-137, LI-053, WI-029.
CI-116, V-067.
CI-116, CI-118, LI-100.
CI-116, LI-100, QI-003, QI-33.
CI-116, CI-118, LI-100, QI-113, XI-001, K-076.21.
CI-183, LI-100, QI-113, V-081.
CI-118, LI-100, QI-33, QI-034.
QI-113.
CI-116, CI-119, LI-100, QI-113.
LI-100, QI-034, QI-113.
XI-001.
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