Myanmar's military has, for the first time, admitted its soldiers killed 10 Rohingya Muslims
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In a rare public admission, Myanmar's military has taken responsibility for its role in the killing of 10 minority Rohingya Muslim men. A statement posted on the military commander-in-chief's Facebook page says four soldiers helped villagers carry out a revenge attack on what it called "Bengali terrorists." The statement says the incident occurred after Buddhist villagers were, in its words, "threatened and provoked by the terrorists." The admission is the military's first public admission of wrongdoing since it launched a violent campaign against the Rohingya in August. Amnesty International senior crisis adviser Matt Wells has been documenting the crisis in Myanmar's Rakhine state.
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