Junta soldier guns down Rohingya youth

Tuesday, 23 November 2010 22:06

Buthidaung, Arakan State: A Burmese soldier shot to death a Rohingya youth on October 25 in Buthidaung Towship as he was sitting in a local sentry camp, said a military aide who declined to be named.


The victim was identified as Nurul Islam, 25, from Kyun Pauk village in upper Bogali.

A local elder said the shooting occurred in Bogali village when a military patrol from Battalion 535 approached Nurul Islam and two friends who were sitting in the sentry camp.

At the sight of the soldiers the children fled for fear of harassment from the soldiers, one of whom responded by firing a shot at the youths as they ran.

Nurul Islam was struck in the head by the bullet and died at the scene. His two companions managed to escape.

The soldiers refused to hand over the body to the victim’s relatives and instead brought it back to the headquarters of Battalion 365, where the body was eventually buried.

“The soldiers knew that the youths only fled because they were afraid of them,” said a local elder. “Why would the soldier fire on them? It means that the soldiers do not regard innocent Rohingyas any more than they would a simple ant,” said an elder from Bogali village.

Source:http://www.kaladanpress.org/v3/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2911:junta-soldier-guns-down-rohingya-youth-&catid=128:november-2010&Itemid=2

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