October 2, 2016
Eyewitnesses claim the presence of armed men in the May Yu mountain range.
On September 26, eight wood collectors from Baguinna in Maungdaw South went to the hills to collect wood when they noticed scores of armed men. The witnesses claim there were around 70 of them.
The Rohingyas hid as soon as they spotted them. Local sources claim the men are likely to be from the separatist Rakhine outfit the Arakan Army.
On the same day, local sources in Kiladong claim one of their shepherd boys witnessed around twenty armed men in the forest east of Godusera.
The presence of armed men have raised fears in the Maungdaw region as both security forces and the Arakan army have anti Muslim sentiments.
