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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok

Children among up to 200 Rohingya killed in Myanmar drone attack

A woman sits next to the bodies of two people covered with cloth on the banks of a river
People mourn near the bodies of Rohingya refugees who drowned in the Naf River last week. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Many dozens of Rohingya people, including children, were killed in an artillery and drone attack that targeted civilians as they tried to flee Myanmar last week.

Civilians were trying to escape violence in Maungdaw town, Rakhine state, by crossing the Naf River into Bangladesh when they were targeted last Monday. Videos shared on social media, which appeared to have been taken in the aftermath of the attack, showed bodies and bags strewn across the ground.

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