Burma admits military executed 10 Muslims

BURMA has admitted that its troops were involved in the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslims found in a mass grave last month.

In a rare admission of guilt, the Defence Ministry information office released a statement on Facebook on Wednesday stating that its forces had killed 10 suspected terrorists in the Inn Din village of Maung Daw Township, Rakhine state, on Sept 1.

The military claimed that they had rushed to Inn Din to protect frightened Buddhist villagers and had been attacked by “200 Bengalis” with sticks and swords, 10 of whom were arrested and accused of having terrorist links. As troops were over-stretched, “the decision was made to kill them at the cemetery” rather than take them to the police station.

The statement then described how villagers dug a pit and the men were ordered to enter it, where they were shot by the security forces.

Road to ruin A motorcycle rider is inched across a treacherous mountain road in Spiti Valley in the Indian Himalayas after a landslide that left the route near impassable, teetering above a 200ft drop.