Myanmar Army detains refugees from Thameehla village in village monastery

Three boats , out of the blue, arrived riverside of Thameehla village of Rathetaung Township in Northern Arakan  and Myanmar Army men were being loaded onto boats. Simultaneously, three helicopters were also hovering above the boats before Myanmar Army men from boats and helicopters entered  Thameehla village.

As Myanmar Army men entered into Thameehla village, they were shooting spray of machine- gun bullets. According to local media, there was an Army of 150 troops which entered Thameehla village in the evening of 7 August. Almost every villager fled in fear, leaving everything.

Unfortunately, there was a funeral for a woman who died on 7 August. Family members were scheduled to hold the funeral on 8 August, but nobody attended the funeral service because all villagers fled from their homes, local media writes.

Village elders and adolescent girls only were taking refuge at village monastery. However, Myanmar Army men trespassed into religious temple with deadly weapons and detained all of them. Nobody could still know what happen to them after Myanmar Army men detained all of village refugees at monastery in Thameehla village.