| Kha Maung Seik massacre | |
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 Hindu villagers gather at a mass grave to identify the corpses of family members who were killed in the massacre. | |
  Kha Maung Seik Location of Kha Maung Seik  Kha Maung Seik Kha Maung Seik (Asia) | |
| Location | Kha Maung Seik, Maungdaw District, Rakhine State, Myanmar |
| Date | 25 August 2017 (UTC+6:30) |
| Target | Bengali Hindus[1] |
Attack type | Massacre |
| Weapons | Guns, machetes, knives |
| Deaths | 99[2] |
| Perpetrators | Arakan 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]
- ^ Heidler, Scott (29 September 2017). "Fear as Myanmar violence hits Bengali Hindus". Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera Media Network. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- ^ a b c "Myanmar: New evidence reveals Rohingya armed group massacred scores in Rakhine State". www.amnesty.org. 22 May 2018.
- ^ "Rohingya fighters 'killed scores of Hindu villagers'".
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- ^ Myanmar says bodies of 28 Hindu villagers found in Rakhine State
- ^ "ARSA says Amnesty allegations unjustifiable, careless". 25 May 2018.