Rohingya Muslims gather on the street while Tomas Ojea Quintana, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation, visits Aung Mingalar quarter in Sittwe August 13, 2013. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
YANGON (Reuters) - Security forces in western Myanmar massacred at least 40 Rohingya Muslims last week, including women and children, a human rights group said on Thursday, quoting witness accounts, despite official denials of the killings.
Bangkok-based Fortify Rights said it spoke to witnesses and other credible sources who confirmed the massacre, which would be the deadliest incident in western Rakhine state since October 2012, when ethnic Rakhine Buddhists fought minority Rohingya Muslims.
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