Satellite data accessed by Human Rights Watch showed widespread fires burning in at least
10 areas in Myanmar's Rakhine state, following a military crackdown on the country's Rohingya
Muslim population.
Residents and activists have accused soldiers of shooting indiscriminately at unarmed Rohingya
men, women and children and carrying out arson attacks.
However, authorities in Myanmar say close to 100 people have been killed since Friday
when armed men, reportedly from the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), launched a
pre-dawn raid on police outposts in the restive region.
But the real death figure is 10 times higher.
Myanmar authorities say Rohingya "extremist terrorists" have been setting the fires during
fighting with government troops, while Rohingya have blamed soldiers who have been accused
of carrying out extrajudicial killings.
A government spokesperson could not be immediately reached for comment.
"The Burmese government should grant access to independent monitors to determine the sources
of fires and assess allegations of human rights violations," the Human Rights Watch (HRW)
said in a statement on Tuesday.
HRW said The overall area in which burnings were found is spread along an approximately
100 kilometer long stretch of Rakhine State, which is substantially larger than the approximately
20 kilometer long stretch in which burnings by Burmese security forces occurred from October
to November 2016, when data from the group suggested some 1,500 buildings were destroyed.
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