400 people die as Myanmar cracks down on Rohingya

‘Almost 400 people have died in Myanmar since the country’s army stepped up a military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims last week.
According to new official figures, about 400 people have died in Rakhine State since last Friday.
Among the dead were women and children who drowned while trying to cross a river to take refuge in neighboring Bangladesh.
The military intensified attacks on Rohingya Muslims last Friday after dozens of police and border outposts in Rakhine allegedly came under attack by a group that says it is defending the rights of the Rohingya.
The Muslim community has been under a military siege in Rakhine since October 2016. The government used a militant attack on border guards back then as the pretext to enforce the blockade. The Rohingya had already been subject to communal violence by extremist Buddhists for years.’
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