A/HRC/39/CRP.2 soldiers. Forensic analysis confirms two violent bite marks, one on each cheek, sustained during the rape.2086 927. Many victims were killed after being raped. Most had their throats slit, or were burned to death.2087 A large number of interviewees saw dead bodies of women and girls en route to Bangladesh who they thought had been raped, because the bodies were naked and large amounts of blood were visible between their legs. 2088 A number of interviewees said that girls had been “raped to death”,2089 because of unusual amounts of blood in the genital area. In some instances, the genital area, or their breasts, appeared mutilated.2090 Death may have been caused by genital trauma,2091 especially when a woman had been gang raped, or women and girls may have been raped with instruments, such as knives or sticks, which caused internal organ damage, leading to death. 2092 928. Frequently, rapes took place in front of family members, including husbands, parents and young children.2093 A mother from Inn Din described how her adult daughter’s legs were tied to different doors and she was raped by 10 male perpetrators. Her daughter’s throat was then slit and the house set on fire.2094 Mothers were often gang raped in front of their young children,2095 who were often ill-treated, and sometimes killed.2096 A mother from Nga Yant Chaung saw her seven-year old son killed with a large knife while she was being gang raped by five men in police uniform. 2097 Many women and girls stated that the rape itself was only one aspect of their suffering. The loss of family members, particularly children or unborn children, was described by mothers to the Mission as “unbearable”.2098 929. The “clearance operations” also involved the systematic abduction and detention of women in military and police compounds and bases, where they were then raped or, more commonly, gang raped.2099 Parents, relatives and neighbours reported that they saw women and girls being forcibly taken by the Tatmadaw who were not seen again. A large number of Rohingya women and girls remain missing, presumed dead. The Mission received examples of the Tatmadaw demanding a number of women or girls to be brought to their compounds.2100 A young woman from Dar Gyi Zar, Maungdaw Township, described how she and 20 other women and girls went to the local military compound when such a demand was issued in late August 2017. They were locked in a room for three days, and the two youngest girls, aged around 13 or 14 years old, were taken to the next room. Ten Tatmadaw soldiers entered the room and she heard screaming. A few hours later, the girls’ dead bodies were carried out. They were naked from the waist up, had blood in their genital area, and bite marks on their faces or scratches on them. 2101 930. In and around Buthidaung town, women and girls were systematically abducted, detained, gang raped and killed in military and police compounds during the “clearance operations.” An 18-year old woman from a village near Buthidaung town was detained and gang raped for five days in a military compound. She could hear women in other rooms screaming during her detention. She believed that there were up to 20 other women detained 2086 2087 2088 2089 2090 2091 2092 2093 2094 2095 2096 2097 2098 2099 2100 2101 CI-045. E1-014, EI-064, EI-065, EI-067, EI-075, EI-076, EI-080, EI-081, EI-088, EI-094, EI-098. EI-067, EI-077, EI-078, EI-095, XI-001. EI-064, EI-067, EI-092, LI-081, LI-105, WI-006, WI-027. EI-064, EI-067, EI-092, LI-081, LI-105, WI-006, WI-027, XI-001. K-124. K-124. EI-027, EI-029, EI-057, EI-071, EI-083. See below in this section, Attacks on and grave violations against children. EI-057. EI-025, EI-029, EI-083; See below in this section, Attacks on and grave violations against children. EI-044, EI-071, EI-083; See below in this section, Attacks on and grave violations against children. EI-083. EI-083, EI-096. EI-022, EI-064, EI-078, EI-079, EI-080, EI-083, EI-086, XI-001. EI-022, EI-083. EI-022. 215

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