Dec. 14 (UPI) -- At least 9,000 people died in Myanmar between Aug. 25 and Sept. 24, bringing the death toll during the first month of the military crackdown to almost 14,000 -- including 1,000 children under age 5.
The new findings by Doctors Without Borders reveal more than 647,000 Rohingya have fled from Myanmar into Bangladesh as police and local militias launch "clearance operations" allegedly in response to attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army. More than 70 percent of the deaths were caused by violence and 6,700 are Rohingya deaths. The Rohingya are a Muslim minority long denied citizenship by the predominantly Buddhist national government.