Many dozens of Rohingya, including children, killed in drone attack while fleeing Myanmar, witnesses say
NBCAUG 21 2024
New witness reports and video footage coming out of Myanmar appear to show that dozens of ethnic minority Rohingya, including children, were among hundreds reportedly killed in a drone attack last week.
The attack, which took place on Aug. 5 in the coastal town of Maungdaw in the state of Rakhine, targeted Rohingya as they attempted to cross the Naf River into Bangladesh. Rakhine was the site of the mass murder of Rohingya in 2016 and 2017 at the hands of the military.
Witnesses and activists claim the the Arakan Army (AA) rebel group, which has been fighting the military junta, was behind the attack, though the group has blamed it on the junta.
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The tragedy in Myanmar is part of a larger problem facing the entire region, thanks in part to Western intrusion. Firstly, the US hasn't taken a side in Myanmar but rather condemned the junta as a dictatorship and the freedom-fighting rebels as 'terrorists.' The US and UK also played a role in collapsing Sheikh Hasina's government in Bangladesh, which will likely disturb India and Pakistan as they try to deal with the Rohingya refugee crisis.