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Rohingya man killed and another disappeared in Buthidaung city

22 May 2017

Arakan News Agency

A Rohingya man was killed by unknown assailants while the last one remained missing in a village on the outskirts of the city of Buthidaung in Arakan state of Myanmar.

The men were working as officials in the village. The man who was found headless on Friday 90 feet from house, and people believe an unknown group is behind the incidents.
The city of Buthidaung, along with the city of Maungdaw witnessed a military campaign for four months from October 2016 to February 2017 killed about 1000 people, and displaced nearly 90,000 Rohingya, mostly to neighboring Bangladesh where they live in refugee camps.

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