Updated On: 24 May, 2018 08:02 AM IST | Yangon | Agencies
Myanmar's military responded with harsh reprisals that forced some 7,00,000 Rohingya Muslims out of the country where they have faced persecution for years


Over 7 lakh Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar. Pic/AFP
Rohingya militants massacred Hindu villagers during last year's uprising in Myanmar's Rakhine, Amnesty International said yesterday in a report that sheds fresh light on the complex ethnic rivalries in the state. The killings took place on August 25, 2017, the report said, the same day that the Rohingya insurgents staged coordinated deadly raids on police posts that tipped the state into crisis.