April 23, 2017
Maungdaw- A teenage boy was severely assaulted and left in an unconscious state by Rakhine shopkeepers in a marketplace.
On Thursday at around 2pm, 17 year Shafi Ullah, a water carrier by profession went to Taung Pyo to collect dues from some Rakhine shopkeepers who owed him money. But instead of giving him the money, shopkeepers fell on him and brutally beat him up. They only ceased the attack once Shafi fell unconscious.
Rohingyas at the spot later took him to a local hospital but they refused to treat him. Most hospitals in the state don’t grant entry to Muslim patients.
Shafi was later smuggled across the border to Bangladesh for medical treatment. He gained consciousness a day later and is still in a critical condition.
