By Arakan News Agency | August 4, 2025

The Arakan Rohingya National Council (ARNC) on Monday condemned a mass massacre perpetrated by the Arakan Army in the village of “Htan Shauk Kan” in Buthidaung township, Arakan State, western Myanmar, on May 2, 2024. It resulted in the death of more than 600 Rohingya, including children, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with disabilities.

In a statement, the council said the victims were killed in brutal ways, with some executed in cold blood and others burned alive, emphasizing that these killings were systematic and deliberate.

The crime was described as additional evidence of a genocide campaign and crimes against humanity committed by the Arakan Army against the Rohingya, targeting those who remained in the village and could not flee.

Eyewitnesses reported that Arakan Army fighters accused the villagers of collaborating with the Myanmar Army, then executed them and burned their bodies in an attempt to erase the evidence. Photos and videos documenting the crime later emerged, including skeletal remains believed to belong to children and remnants of clothing.

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