Source: Amnesty International –
New Amnesty research shows the extent of the ongoing suffering of civilians trapped in fighting between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army in Rakhine State. Here a 42-year-old Rohingya shopkeeper* from Maungdaw Township recounts his family’s desperate efforts to escape and reach a refugee camp across the border in Bangladesh.
I never truly wanted to come to Bangladesh.
I lost my youngest son in a bomb blast on 1 August while he was playing outside the house. He was 4 years old and was one of the most loved members of the family. He was playing with his siblings and, being the youngest, he couldn’t run when the sound of the bomb was heard. The bomb struck near our house, and a small fragment hit my son, killing him. We left the village after we performed the funeral rites and buried him. I’m not sure who fired it – whether it was the Myanmar military or the Arakan Army (AA).