page_title: Kha Maung Seik massacre
hierarchical_section_title: Kha Maung Seik massacre
caption_attribution_description: English: Hindu villagers in northern Rakhine State gather at a mass grave to identify the corpses of family members who were massacred by suspected Rohingya Muslim militants on 25 August 2017.
context_page_description: On 25 August 2017, Hindu villages in a cluster known as Kha Maung Seik in the northern Maungdaw District of Rakhine State in Myanmar were attacked and 99 Bengali Hindu villagers were massacred, allegedly by Muslim insurgents from the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army. A month later, the Myanmar Army discovered mass graves containing the corpses of 45 Hindus, most of whom were women and children.
  The Myanmar authorities blamed ARSA for the deaths. ARSA has denied responsibility, and on 25 September 2017, a spokesperson for the group claimed that the reported attack on the Hindu village by Rohingya insurgents "was a lie to undermine ARSA". It also rejected Amnesty's report.
context_section_description: On 25 August 2017, Hindu villages in a cluster known as Kha Maung Seik in the northern Maungdaw District of Rakhine State in Myanmar were attacked and 99 Bengali Hindu villagers were massacred, allegedly by Muslim insurgents from the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA). A month later, the Myanmar Army discovered mass graves containing the corpses of 45 Hindus, most of whom were women and children.
  The Myanmar authorities blamed ARSA for the deaths. ARSA has denied responsibility, and on 25 September 2017, a spokesperson for the group claimed that the reported attack on the Hindu village by Rohingya insurgents "was a lie to undermine ARSA". It also rejected Amnesty's report.
caption: Hindu villagers gather at a mass grave to identify the corpses of family members who were killed in the massacre.
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