Maung Nu massacre

Maung Nu massacre
LocationMaung Nu, Rakhine State, Myanmar
Coordinates20°57′03″N 92°31′49″E / 20.9507808685303°N 92.5303802490234°E / 20.9507808685303; 92.5303802490234
Date27 August 2017
11:00 AM (UTC+6:30)
TargetRohingya Muslims
Attack type
Massacre
WeaponsMachine guns and knives
Deaths82 killed or missing[1]
37 survivors[2][3]
PerpetratorsMyanmar Army
(Battalion 564)[4]
MotiveAnti-Rohingya sentiment, Islamophobia

The Maung Nu massacre was a mass-killing of Rohingya people by the Myanmar Army that reportedly happened in the village of Maung Nu (also known as Monu Para), in Rakhine State, Myanmar on 27 August 2017.[1][2][3][5] In February 2018, video evidence emerged allegedly showing government-contracted workers bulldozing parts of Maung Nu, with visible body bags and corpses in the footage.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Rohingyas describe bloody massacre at hands of Myanmar troops".
  2. ^ a b "Burma's armed forces slaughtered Rohingya men and children, say survivors". The Independent. 22 December 2017. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b Pitmann, Todd (21 December 2017). "Shattered skulls and blood: Rohingya report Myanmar massacre". CTVNews.
  4. ^ Naing, Shoon; Lewis, Simon (2017). "Myanmar says U.S. sanctions against general based on 'unreliable..." Reuters. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Burma: Military Massacres Dozens in Rohingya Village". Human Rights Watch. 4 October 2017.
  6. ^ Stoakes, Emanuel (19 February 2018). "Myanmar government 'bulldozing Rohingya mass grave to hide evidence'". the Guardian. Retrieved 19 February 2018.