Drone Attack in Myanmar:

The Attack of the Drone Resulted in the Death of More than 200 Rohingya in Myanmar

A deadly drone airstrike was launched on a camp for internally displaced Rohingya in western Myanmar on Monday and minimum 200 people have been killed and hundreds injured – UN.

The attack was conducted early in the morning when people in the densely populated refugee camp were still sleeping. Several witnesses testified how they heard a loud buzzing sound before a series of blasts that blew through the shanty structures and unleashed fire in the refugee camp.

It was absolute mayhem and people were scattered all over the place,’ noted Abdul Rahim, the head of the Rohingya organizations who was alive during the attack. One elderly man was overheard to say: ‘This is the worst violence we have had since we were chased away from our homes many years ago.

It also sheltered more than 600 families of Rohingya ethnic minorities who escaped violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State in the previous year. The majority of have been staying in the camp since 2017, they lost their homes and now they survive through donations.

The authorities have not yet reported any party that might be the mastermind behind the tragic shooting. It did not take much for the UN to point the accusing finger towards Myanmar’s military that has been accused of gross human rights abuses on the Rohingya minority. But, the official spokesman of the military dismissed the allegations and blamed the Rohingya insurgents for the operations instead.

World human rights organizations are now expressing their concern and outrage towards the attack and are calling for justice for the victims.

There has been a lot of hype about this being an act of genocide against one more displaced individuals who are already struggling to survive, said Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch Asia. ‘What is required is a full transparent investigation to clearly establish who is behind it and then arrest them.

The drone strike therefore points to a further escalation of the degradation of the Rohingya people who have been living under systemic oppression and violence at the hands of Myanmar’s authorities and its citizenry for decades. More than 730,000 Rohingya were forced out of the predominantly Buddhist majority country to neighboring Bangladesh in the wake of a brutal military operation in 2017.

They say if the international community does not come to stop the violence the Rohingya would have no place left to escape to or be safe from such brutalities.