Case Number
20241101KE
Case Date of Filing
01/10/2024
Suspected/Known Time of Incident
Local Time and Date: 27/09/2017 12:00 (GMT+6:30)
Case Researcher(s)
Kennan McAndrews
Summary
From September 1st through 2nd, 2017, 10 male Rohingya Muslim villagers in the Rakhine state of Myanmar were detained and killed in the town of Inn Din. Reuters reported that the army’s 33rd Light Infantry Division and the paramilitary 8th Security Police Battalion mobilized villagers in the town to kill, burn, and loot local Rohingya Muslims. Allegedly, an order to “clear” the village had been passed down the chain of command preceding the deaths of the Muslim villagers. Before their deaths, numerous villagers were forced to dig their grave. The villagers were then shot with assault rifles multiple times, with survivors being killed with machetes and buried alive. According to local reports, the grave was on the site of a local Buddhist monastery- presumably chosen to disrespect the Muslim victims. No reports indicate that the bodies were removed from this grave after they were buried, but it should be considered a possibility, given that the location of the burial was at a religious site different from the religion of the victims. The government later admitted to the massacre and the Washington Post later used satellite data to catalog the village burning.
Case Location
Inn Din (possibly at a local monastery)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84):
20.513837987324223 , 92.57857571915214
Town/Region/Country:
Inn Din, Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma)
Individual Incident Locations:
This is where the precise locations of each (known or potential) Incident are e.g.
Monastery Location: 20.513837987324223 , 92.57857571915214
Case Location Evidence Below:
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Amnesty International reports that the burial site of the 10 captured Rohingya villagers was outside the village of Inn Din
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According to an X account by Ro Nay San Lwin, the victims were buried at a Buddhist monastery.
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Reuters published several images of the prisoners prior to their execution.
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In 2018, The Washington Post used imagery from DigitalGlobe to show the locations of the burnings in Inn Din.
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Google Maps located Inn Den Monastery အင်းဒင် ဘုန်းတော်ကြီးကျောင်း at (20.513837987324223, 92.57857571915214)



Images of Inn Din from the Washington Post-
the blue buildings on the bottom left of the detailed Washington Post image are consistent with those about 50 meters southeast of the monastery. Based on reports from Reuters and the Washington Post about the burning of the Muslim areas of Inn Din, we can extrapolate that this monastery is located very close to the Rohingya settlements. Additionally, the monastery is surrounded by fields, which is consistent with the pictures of the prisoners.


Images of the victims prior to execution provided by Reuters and BBC
Casualties
Total Suspected/Known Number of Casualties:
10
Injured:
unknown
Fatalities in Incident:
10
Fatalities in Grave:
10
Further Casualty Information:
Age Range: unknown
Genders: Males
Ethnicity/ies: Rohingya
Casualty Evidence Below:
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Abul Hashim (25)- a landowner and businessman
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Abdul Malik (30)- a mullah and the imam at a mosque
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Nur Mohammed (29)- farmer and fisherman
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Rashid Ahmed (18)- a student at Inn Din’s high school
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Habizu (40)- a farmer and fisherman
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Abulu (17)- a student at Inn Din’s high school
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Shaker Ahmed (45)- a local fish seller
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Abdul Majid (45)- a shop owner
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Shoket Ullah (35)- a fisherman
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Dil Mohammed (35)- sold fish caught by fishermen in the Bay of Bengal


(Reuters)
With the help of forensic exports, Reuters examined images from the grave, some of which were taken by reporter Wa Lone, who was later detained alongside their colleague Kyaw Soe Oo.




Suspected or Known Aggressors
Group/Tribe/Militia/Organisation:
Myanmar military and local villagers
Suspected/Known Quantity of Participants:
approximately 80 soldiers with other local people
Aggressor Evidence Below:
The government of Myanmar admitted that their soldiers had killed the men in Inn Din.
