A/HRC/39/CRP.2 847. The Tatmadaw immediately commenced a “clearance operation” in the two neighbouring Rohingya hamlets, arriving from the direction of the BGP camp. They were accompanied by armed BGP officers and some non-uniformed individuals believed to be ethnic Rakhine villagers, carrying knives. 1894 Members of the 99th LID participated in the operation.1895 The “clearance operation” lasted for at least two days, resulting in a large number of people killed or injured, and the burning of both hamlets and ultimately nearly all Rohingya property1896 in the village tract.1897 On the second day, it is reported that additional Tatmadaw soldiers arrived on foot from the direction of the neighbouring Thin Baw Kwe village tract to the south.1898 848. During the operation, as people left their houses, the security forces opened fire with automatic weapons. Fleeing people were shot, injured or killed.1899 One elderly woman stayed in her house after her family members fled. Her son came back to get her; he was shot in the head and killed.1900 849. Knives were used to kill some Rohingya villagers who had been captured or injured.1901 One witness’ brother-in-law was killed after being shot in the thigh and unable to run. He was surrounded by approximately 12 soldiers, two of whom held him, one pulling his head back, while a third slit his throat.1902 Another witness described how he and his family hid next to a river and watched as four elderly men, who were unable to run fast, were captured and beaten. He later heard they were killed. 1903 A number of people took shelter in paddy fields and ditches between the hamlets and the forested hills; some were killed.1904 One villager who later returned to the village saw 12 bodies in a ditch, including his father and his niece. He had seen people taking cover there, and believed soldiers found and killed them.1905 Captured or injured people were also seen being pushed into burning houses by the security forces.1906 It appears that other persons unable to flee were also burned in their houses. 850. The destruction of the village took at least two days, and involved the use of “launchers”.1907 The whole village was destroyed by fire, including the mosque and school.1908 851. Villagers who were able to flee took shelter in the forested hills to the west, 1909 and hid for days in difficult conditions. Some villagers were able to return to their hamlets at night, after the security forces had returned to the camp in the north. 1910 They found a large number of corpses and performed funerals for some. One villager who returned recalled burying around 25 of the dead, whose ages varied from 1 month to 80 years old, both male and female. He also saw 10 elderly people who had been burned in their houses. 1911 852. Ethnic Rakhine villagers looted belongings from Rohingya houses before they were burned, piling items outside which were then removed on vehicles. 1912 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 CI-138, LI-039, LI-120, QI-013, WI-016, YI-010. RI-012, ZI-001, K-153.3. Satellite imagery analysis prepared for the Mission by UNITAR-UNOSAT. CI-138, LI-020, WI-016. LI-120. CI-014, CI-138, LI-005, LI-028, LI-039, RI-012, WI-016, ZI-001. LI-039. LI-039, WI-016. WI-016. LI-120. CI-138, QI-013. QI-013. LI-005, LI-039. CI-138, LI-039, LI-120, QI-013, YI-010. LI-039, WI-016. LI-120, WI-016. LI-028, LI-039, WI-016. WI-016. CI-138, LI-120, QI-013. 199