Kha Maung Seik massacre
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). A month later, the Myanmar Army discovered mass graves containing the corpses of 45 Hindus, most of whom were women and children.
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Hindu villagers gather at a mass grave to identify the corpses of family members who were killed in the massacre. | |
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| Location | Kha Maung Seik, Maungdaw District, Rakhine State, Myanmar |
| Date | 25 August 2017 (UTC+6:30) |
| Target | Bengali Hindus |
Attack type | Massacre |
| Weapons | Guns, machetes, knives |
| Deaths | 99 |
| Perpetrators | Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army |
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The Myanmar authorities and international investigators blamed ARSA for the deaths. ARSA has denied responsibility and rejected Amnesty's report.
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