On 9th October 2016, nine border policemen were killed by what Burmese government officials have admitted was an unidentifiable militant group near the Maungdaw District in Myanmar. Despite the lack of verification, the Rakhine State government officials have since pinned the blame on the Muslim minority group known as ‘the Rohingya‘ and have launched a counter-insurgency campaign in retaliation. The Human Rights Watch reported that at least 1,500 buildings, mainly belonging to Rohingya villages, within the Maungdaw District were destroyed in the wake of the crackdown.
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