Myanmar’s army said that 69 ethnic-minority Rohingya Muslims and 17 members of the country’s security forces were killed in fighting in the west of the country over the past month, as former United Nations chief Kofi Annan called for an end to the worsening violence.
The clashes in Rakhine state along Myanmar’s western border with Bangladesh are the worst since 2012, when Buddhist mobs targeted Rohingya villages, killing more than 100 people.
More than 100,000 Rohingyas still live in squalid camps in the state, denied citizenship by the government and prevented from leaving. Another 1 million live in villages and towns in the state, but aid agencies and groups such as Human Rights Watch say they have come under attack and seen their homes set ablaze by the military after alleged Rohingya militants attacked police outposts near the Bangladesh border over a month ago, leaving nine police officers and eight attackers dead. (Courtesy of wsj.com)
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