| Gu Dar Pyin massacre | |
|---|---|
| Location | Gu Dar Pyin, Rakhine State, Myanmar |
| Coordinates | 20°45′12″N 92°32′39″E / 20.7534°N 92.5441°E |
| Date | 27 August 2017 12:00 PM (UTC+6:30) |
| Target | Rohingya Muslims |
Attack type | Massacre |
| Weapons | Assault rifles, machine guns, knives, machetes, rocket launchers, and grenades[1] |
| Deaths | 10 (government claim)[2] 75–400+ (local estimates)[1][3] |
| Perpetrators | Myanmar Army and armed locals |
| Motive | Anti-Rohingya sentiment, Islamophobia |
The Gu Dar Pyin massacre was a mass-killing of Rohingya people by the Myanmar Army and armed Rakhine locals that reportedly happened in the village of Gu Dar Pyin, in Rakhine State, Myanmar on 27 August 2017.[1][3] According to eyewitness testimony and video evidence first reported by the Associated Press, victims of the massacre were buried in five mass graves by the Myanmar Army and burnt with acid.[1][4] An official count given by the Burmese government put the death toll at ten,[2] whilst Rohingya village elders recorded a list of 75 people who may have died in the massacre and locals estimated that up to 400 people were killed in the massacre.[5][6]
- ^ a b c d Klug, Foster. "AP finds evidence for graves, Rohingya massacre in Myanmar". AP News. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ a b Naing, Shoon Lei Win; Sterling, Toby (11 December 2019). "Suu Kyi tells U.N.'s top court charge of Rohingya genocide is 'misleading'". Reuters. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ a b Blumberg, Antonia (1 February 2018). "Mass Graves Suggest Systematic Killing Of Rohingya In Myanmar". HuffPost Canada. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ "AP confirms 5 previously unreported Myanmar mass graves". Ottawa Citizen. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ "Five mass graves reported at a Rohingya village in Myanmar". ABC News. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ Klug, Foster (1 February 2018). ""They couldn't hide all the death": Unreported mass graves suggest Burma is covering up a genocide". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 2 February 2018.