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Rohingya crisis: Civilians 'maimed by landmines'
Source: BBC
Rohingya crisis: Civilians 'maimed by landmines'
11 September 2017 Asia
The BBC has spoken to Rohingya Muslims who suffered crippling injuries after apparently stepping on army landmines as they fled violence in Myanmar.
One of them, a 15-year-old boy being treated in Bangladesh, lost both legs.
A woman at the same hospital said she had trodden on a landmine after she and her family were fired on. It's unclear who laid the mines in either case.
More than 300,000 Rohingya have escaped Myanmar (Burma) in recent weeks. The army there denies targeting civilians.
On Sunday the human rights group Amnesty International accused the authorities of laying landmines at border crossings used by fleeing Rohingya.
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11 September 2017 Asia
The BBC has spoken to Rohingya Muslims who suffered crippling injuries after apparently stepping on army landmines as they fled violence in Myanmar.
One of them, a 15-year-old boy being treated in Bangladesh, lost both legs.
A woman at the same hospital said she had trodden on a landmine after she and her family were fired on. It's unclear who laid the mines in either case.
More than 300,000 Rohingya have escaped Myanmar (Burma) in recent weeks. The army there denies targeting civilians.
On Sunday the human rights group Amnesty International accused the authorities of laying landmines at border crossings used by fleeing Rohingya.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41234315
