This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25866350
The article has changed 6 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Burma mobs 'kill 30 Rohingyas' | Burma mobs 'kill 30 Rohingyas' |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| More than 30 Rohingya Muslims were killed in attacks by Buddhists last week in Burma's Rakhine state, the BBC has been told. | More than 30 Rohingya Muslims were killed in attacks by Buddhists last week in Burma's Rakhine state, the BBC has been told. |
| Two international aid officials who were granted access to the area in the far west of the country said they had found evidence of a mass killing. | |
| Human rights group Fortify Rights claims a series of attacks took place over five days last week. | |
| The government and local officials have strongly denied claims of a massacre. | |
| Revenge attacks | |
| The latest development follows reports of clashes between Rohingyas and the police in the Maungdaw township over the last month. | |
| It is thought tensions initially arose amid reports that several Rohingyas had been killed trying to flee over the border into Bangladesh. | |
| Things escalated after a local policeman was reported missing, presumed killed. | |
| Local Rakhine Buddhists aided by the security forces are then reported to have taken part in bloody revenge attacks in and around the village of Du Char Yar Tan. | |
| The death toll of 30 is thought to be a conservative estimate, says the BBC's Jonah Fisher in Burma, which is also known as Myanmar. | |
| Some reports say as many as 70 people - including women and children- were killed. |