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the separation of 10 men from a group of several hundreds gathered on the beach on 1
September 2017, who were executed the following day. 1961 This account is consistent with
information verified by the Mission,1962 including the account of the wife of one of the men,
given shortly after she had arrived in Bangladesh in September 2017. She explained how she
and family members had gathered on the beach. Then the men were separated and made to
sit in rows with their hands tied behind their backs, including her husband and brother. She
had not seen them since and had been told that they were killed.1963
878. The “clearance operations” in Inn Din were led and largely undertaken by Tatmadaw
soldiers, supported by local BGP officers and ethnic Rakhine. Locally-based soldiers from
the Western Command were joined by members of the 33 rd LID during the course of the
operation.1964 Some of the ethnic Rakhine who participated were from local villages; they
were recognised by Rohingya witnesses. 1965 However, some soldiers and police may also
have worn civilian clothes alongside ethnic Rakhine villagers, in an attempt to avoid being
recognised as members of the security forces. 1966
879. Satellite imagery analysis indicates that, by 16 September 2017, the majority and
possibly all Rohingya houses and buildings inside Inn Din were burned and destroyed. 1967
The neighbouring NaTaLa village of Pae Youne was untouched. Further satellite imagery
analysis shows that, by 16 February 2018, most of the burned Rohingya properties, along
with trees and other vegetation, were bulldozed and cleared.1968
Other verified incidents
880. “Clearance operations” following the same modus operandi took place in numerous
other Rohingya villages across northern Rakhine State. The Mission verified, through
multiple interviews and other information, “clearance operations” similar to those detailed
above in a total of 54 separate locations, and it received first-hand accounts of additional
“clearance operations” in a further 22 locations.
881. For example, in northern Maungdaw Township, the Mission verified additional
“clearance operations”, which saw serious human rights violations against Rohingya, in the
village tracts of Kun Thee Pyin, 1969 Tha Man Thar,1970 Kha Maung Seik,1971 Pa Da Ga Day
Wa Na Li / Net Chaung1972 and Kyein Chaung.1973 Similarly, in Buthidaung Township, the
Mission verified “clearance operations” in Tin May1974, as well as in a large cluster of
villages, known collectively in Rohingya as Taung Bazar. Multiple Rohingya villages in this
region were subjected to a wave of “clearance operations” as soldiers moved from one village
to the next over a period of days. These included operations in the village tracts of Mee
Chaung Zay,1975 Nga Yant Chaung,1976 and Thin Gar Net.1977
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Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo, S. Lewis, A. Slodkowski, “Massacre in Myanmar” (Reuters, 8 February
2018).
CI-146, LI-006, LI-130, QI-051, RI-012.
LI-006.
LI-112, ZI-001, V-067, V-084.
LI-006, LI-027.
Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo, S. Lewis, A. Slodkowski, “Massacre in Myanmar” (Reuters, 8 February
2018).
Satellite imagery of Inn Din is reproduced below.
Satellite imagery analysis prepared for the Mission by UNITAR-UNOSAT.
LI-015, LI-017, LI-032.
BI-006, CI-049, CI-050, CI-124, LI-014, LI-103, LI-104, QI-070, WI-048.
CI-002, CI-004, CI-048, CI-104, CI-121, CI-122, EI-014, EI-049, EI-064, EI-089, EI-090, LI-101, LI102, QI-069, WI-047.
CI-131, LI-076, LI-113, LI-119, QI-114, XI-003.
CI-114, CI-123, CI-125, EI-023, EI-028, EI-045, EI-096, EI-097, EI-098, EI-104, LI-031, LI-107, LI109, LI-110, QI-114, WI-004, YI-023.
CI-021, CI-115, EI-001, EI-067, EI-068, EI-069, EI-071, LI-056, LI-116, YI-029.
CI-112, CI-135, EI-021, EI-107, LI-044, QI-024, XI-005.
EI-093, WI-007, YI-030.
BI-013, LI-081, YI-031.