Kha Maung Seik massacre

Kha Maung Seik massacre
Hindu villagers gather at a mass grave to identify the corpses of family members who were killed in the massacre.
Kha Maung Seik is located in Myanmar
Kha Maung Seik
Kha Maung Seik
Location of Kha Maung Seik
Kha Maung Seik is located in Asia
Kha Maung Seik
Kha Maung Seik
Kha Maung Seik (Asia)
LocationKha Maung Seik, Maungdaw District, Rakhine State, Myanmar
Date25 August 2017 (UTC+6:30)
TargetBengali Hindus[1]
Attack type
Massacre
WeaponsGuns, machetes, knives
Deaths99[2]
PerpetratorsArakan Rohingya Salvation Army

On 25 August 2017, Hindu villages in a cluster known as Kha Maung Seik in the northern Maungdaw District of Rakhine State in Myanmar were attacked and 99 Bengali Hindu villagers were massacred by Muslim insurgents from the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA).[2][3] A month later, the Myanmar Army discovered mass graves containing the corpses of 45 Hindus, most of whom were women and children.[4][5]

The Myanmar authorities and international investigators blamed ARSA for the deaths.[6][2] ARSA has denied responsibility and rejected Amnesty's report.[7][8]

  1. ^ Heidler, Scott (29 September 2017). "Fear as Myanmar violence hits Bengali Hindus". Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera Media Network. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Myanmar: New evidence reveals Rohingya armed group massacred scores in Rakhine State". www.amnesty.org. 22 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Rohingya fighters 'killed scores of Hindu villagers'".
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference bbc25092017 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference reuters25092017 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Rohingya militants 'massacred Hindus'". BBC News. 22 May 2018.
  7. ^ Myanmar says bodies of 28 Hindu villagers found in Rakhine State
  8. ^ "ARSA says Amnesty allegations unjustifiable, careless". 25 May 2018.