Date 10 Jan 2020

Statement on the attack on mine explosion casualties in Teik Tu Pauk village

A landmine explosion killed four Rohingya children and their teacher and injured six others on 7th January 2020. The incident took place in the Teik Tu Pauk village of the Buthidaung township of Rakhine State in Myanmar, when the victims had gone to collect firewood in the area.

The victims with injurieshave been taken to the Maungdaw and Buthidaung hospitals for treatment. The body of one of the deceased children could not be recovered as it was so severely crushed by the impact of the explosion.

According to information sent to R4R by informants on the ground, the landmine was one of several that had been laid by the Tatmadaw around the area since their clashes began with the Arakan Army. The details of victims of the explosion are as follows:

eef6c89c-c2cc-44b2-83bb-8da1414675b8.jpg

 A landmine explosion killed four Rohingya children in Teik Tu Pauk village 7th January 2020

fe419e3d-bcd5-44d2-87d5-9046682cc14b.jpgb7b19511-6465-4c0b-83a2-5f8bc12f6441.jpg

 A landmine explosion killed four Rohingya children in Teik Tu Pauk village 7th January 2020

Table 1: Victims of the explosion in Teik Tu Pauk village on 7th January 2020

 

Name

Age

Gender

Father’s name

Village

Status
  1.  

Emran

10 Y

M

Shobu Ali

Pauk village Fara

Injured
  1.  

Yasin Ullah

9Y

M

Abdu Zabbar

 

Dead
  1.  

Abdu Raham

10Y

M

Mustafa Kamal

Pauk village Fara

Dead
  1.  

Azidu Rahman

8Y

M

Mustafa Kamal

Pauk village Fara

Injured
  1.  

Mohammad Amin

10Y

M

D Salam

 

Dead
  1.  

Ali Johar

25Y

M

Sultan Ahmed

 

Injured
  1.  

Araf Ullah

8Y

M

Mohammed Zuhar

 

Dead
  1.  

Amirakim

7Y

M

Hasi Ahmad

 

Injured
  1.  

Abdu Munaf

8Y

M

Abdu Salim

 

Injured
  1.  

Abutahir

8Y

M

Mohammad Foyaz

 

Injured

This grave incident highlights the precarious living conditions of the Rohingya community in Myanmar, where fresh war crimes are continually perpetrated by the Tatmadaw with ‘genocidal intent’, as has been recognized by the United Nations. We urge the United Nations and international community to take urgent action to address the grave human rights violations continually suffered by the Rohingya and other ethnic minorities in Myanmar at the hands of the Tatmadaw

[1]As has been reported by the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights in July 2019 and by Amnesty International in May 2019

Writing by the Rohingya Human Rights Initiative (ROHRIngya) on 10 Jan 2020