03-02-2017 12:58 via news.yahoo.com

Hundreds likely killed in Myanmar's Rohingya crackdown: UN

Myanmar's military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims has likely killed hundreds of people, with children slaughtered and women raped in a campaign that may amount to ethnic cleansing, the UN said Friday. A report from the United Nations Human Rights office, based on interviews with 204 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, also found it was "very likely" that crimes against humanity had been committed in Myanmar, echoing previous UN accusations. Rohingya refugees recounted gruesome violations allegedly p
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