Hundreds of fleeing Rohingya reportedly killed

[Coss]

And it goes on - I don't know why I'm more upset at this, than I am of the Israel or Ukraine situations, maybe it's closer to (my Lao) home.

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...Renewed fears of ethnic cleansing against the stateless Rohingya Muslim community are mounting after reports that hundreds of people, including women and children, were killed by drone strikes while fleeing violence in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state last week.

Videos shared widely on social media and geolocated by CNN showed dozens of bodies strewn across the muddy banks of the Naf River that separates Myanmar from Bangladesh.

In one video, geolocated to the western edge of Maungdaw township’s Myo Ma ward on the banks of the river, a man sobs as he walks down a muddy path stained with blood. The bodies of men, women and children can be seen lying in the sand, grass and pools of water. Piles of their colorful clothing and belongings are scattered half-submerged around them...

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/12/asia/rohingya-maungdaw-drone-attack-myanmar-intl-hnk/index.html

[bust]

It's not only the Rohingya being slaughtered, the amount of fighting among a number of resistance fighters and Junta supporters and other factions is at an alarming level. Been following it on the Irrawaddy.

https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/burning-alive-in-myanmar-two-resistance-fighters-executed-in-public.html