OPINION

Military targets alleged Muslim 'terrorists'

News, Published on 19/08/2017

» Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state in the west of the country has been gripped by violence since last October, after militants attacked police posts, killing nine guards. The military launched a bloody crackdown in a response that the UN believes may have amounted to ethnic cleansing of the Muslim minority Rohingya who live in the area. That campaign was suddenly stopped earlier this year. But reports of sporadic violence have persisted.