Four Rohingya women shot dead and five more severely injured by police in Mrauk-U

Nayla Wun (Sittwe)

RB News 

June 4, 2013 

Mrauk-U, Arakan – Four Rohingya women were shot dead and five Rohingyas were severely injured by the police in Pa-Rein hamlet, Mrauk-U Township, Arakan State today at 3:30 pm. 

According to the local sources, the police and the authorities had an agreement with Daw Thaw Yaybar to build temporary huts in the village. The agreement was solely made between the authorities and Daw Thaw Yaybar and local villagers were not aware of the agreement. And neither the authorities nor Daw Thaw Yaybar has informed the villagers about building temporary huts. 

On 4th of June, the police brought the woods by boat to build the temporary huts. The police asked the villagers to unload the woods from the boat. The villagers realized why the police brought the woods and finally they refused to unload them. The villagers said that they used to live in the houses in the village which were destroyed during the violence and now they could not accept staying in such temporary huts. 

As the villagers from Pa-Rein refused, the police went to Lat-Ma village and brought Rohingya workers to unload the woods. The villagers from Pa-Rein reiterated the authorities about their concern when the workers arrived. The villagers from Pa-Rein also asked the Lat-Ma village workers not to unload them. At the end, the quarrel broke out between the police and the Rohingya villagers and police fired shots to the crowd. 

Four Rohingya women were shot dead on the spot. One of them was a pregnant woman in her twenties. Another three Rohingya men and two Rohingya women were severely injured by the gunshots. According to a local resident from Pa –Rein hamlet, the police disappeared after the incident. 

The Rohingya women who were shot dead by police are: 

(1) Daw Khatiza D/o U Shafi Alam (40-years-old) 

(2) Daw Arlinisar D/o U Yusuf (27-years-old) – (The pregnant woman) 

(3) Daw Nasima D/o Unknown (Mother’s name: Daw Begum) 

(4) Daw Nurmar D/o U Ali Ahmed (50-years-old) 

The Rohingyas who were injured are: 

(1) U Phulzar S/o U Armir (35-years-old) 

(2) U Najmul Haque S/o U Shafi Alam (35-years-old) 

(3) Maung Shamshul Alam S/o U Salamat Khan (16-years-old) 

(4) Daw Nu Nu Bi D/o U Sharif (27-years-old) 

(5) Daw Nu Nu Bi D/o U Sultan (30-years-old)