Sudden shot made one Rohingya dead and three injured in Kyauktaw

RB News

April 17, 2013

Kyauktaw: It is informed that in April 14, a villager was shot dead and three were injured from Taung Htaung village, Kyauktaw Township. 

The detail of the occurrence is that about twenty Rohingya from Taung Htaung village belong to Kyauktaw Township went to a nearby forest to cut bamboo on midday of April 14 around 2pm. Suddenly, one villager was shot dead instantly on the spot and three were injured inside that forest. 

It is learnt from those who came home alive getting away that the shooter was known absolutely since out of sight. It is also firmly learnt Rakhine extremists hide out nearby Forest of Kyauktaw Township last February according to the statement of eye-witness. The residents considered strongly that the current shot is, in reality, either from the government forces or Rakhine extremists. 

Amid the shot, the one who has lost life is Zafar Ahmed s/o Hussain, 35 years aged. The injured three are: 

1. Omar Ali s/o Dil Mohammed, 45 

2. Karlu s/o Sultan Ahmed, 45 

3. Mohammed Hussein s/o Ahmed Sabi, 20 

When complained at concerned authority and police after the occurrence, the police autopsied the dead body in the hospital and ordered to bury without reporting any result. Eventually, it is learnt that none of the concerned authorities find the shooters yet.

(Translated into English by Ibrahim Shah)