Survivors allege Myanmar army's involvement in torture and killings

Myanmar soldiers did bad things to people in a village in Rakhine State. Witnesses told the BBC that soldiers killed at least 50 people. They hurt the villagers for two-and-half days. The soldiers were looking for supporters of the Arakan Army (AA). The military council said it didn't happen, but it would be a very bad thing if it did. The villagers were scared and hurt. They were kept outside without much food or water. The soldiers did mean things like pouring petrol on them and making them drink urine. The villagers were very thirsty and begged for water, but the soldiers gave them urine to drink. The soldiers also took some men away for questioning. The villagers were very worried about their families. The soldiers shot guns, and the villagers didn't know if their loved ones were alive or dead. The soldiers went to a village called Byai Phyu and did bad things. The military government said it didn't happen, but the Arakan Army said it did. The Arakan Army has been fighting against the army in Rakhine. The fighting has made people scared, especially the Rohingya minority. The Rohingya people have faced violence before and had to run away to Bangladesh. The Arakan Army was accused of making people leave a town and burning it down. The army said it was the other way around. It's hard to know the truth because it's difficult to check what really happened. The United Nations said there are scary reports about what's happening in Rakhine. The Rohingya people have been treated badly for a long time. They are not treated fairly and are not given the same rights as others. Rohingya activists said the Arakan Army burned down houses and made people run away from a town called Buthidaung.