Conversation so far:
What were the precipitating events for the Rohingya People?
According to BBC reporters, during the summer of 2017, the Myanmar military began arming and training Rakhine Buddhist Rohingya people.
Why were the Myanmar military arming the Rakhine Buddhist Rohingya People?
Matthew Smith, chief executive of human rights organization Fortify Rights says that arming the Rakhines Rohingya people was a decision made to effectively perpetrate atrocity crimes against the civilian population.“

Question: who were they protecting their state from?
Self-contained rewrite: Who were Rohingya People protecting their state from?