18,000 Rohingya flee as Burmese army 'burn villages and shoot civilians'
About 18,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled fresh violence in Burma and crossed into Bangladesh, with hundreds stranded in no man's land at the border, according to the International Organisation for Migration.
Sanjukta Sahany, a spokeswoman for the IOM in Cox's Bazar, on the border, released the latest figures as human rights groups and advocates for the Rohingya said the Burmese army was retaliating for attacks by Rohingya militants by burning villages and shooting civilians.
