A/HRC/42/CRP.5 police custody the prisoners were refused access to medical care to treat injuries and illness related to their treatment and detention conditions.831 (b) Kyauk Tan, Rathedaung Township, April/May 2019 374. In the morning of 30 April 2019, a large group of armed security forces, including soldiers from the 22nd LID and 357th LIB832 and members of the BGP,833 entered the ethnic Rakhine village of Kyauk Tan in Kyauk Tan Village Tract in Rathedaung Township. The security forces were looking for AA members who had reportedly escaped from a nearby AA base in Pyon Nyo Leik, Buthidaung Township.834 375. Soldiers ordered all male villages to gather in the school compound 835 and threatened them with violence if they did not comply.836 The group numbered in the hundreds and was confined all day under the sun without access to food or water. 837 At around 5 pm, the security forces released all boys under 15 year old and men 50 years old and above.838 Approximately 275 men and boys remained detained inside the school under armed guard by the security forces.839 They were interrogated about being members of the AA. 840 376. On the second night, at approximately 2 am, soldiers fired indiscriminately into the group from all sides841 after a detainee with a mental health condition842 made a commotion.843 The gunfire killed six detainees and wounded eight others.844 One man described the incident: “The soldiers switched off the light and just started shooting from all sides. People were screaming and running. I saw people with bullet wounds in the chest and leg.”845 831 832 833 834 835 836 837 838 839 840 841 842 843 844 845 LI-219. LI-188, LI-202, LI-203. LI-202, LI-203. The Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, "Investigations are carried out to charge those related to the AA violent insurgents, according to the law" (1 May 2019), available at: http://cincds.gov.mm/node/2632. LI-202, LI-203, The Irrawaddy, “Army Says 6 Villagers Shot Dead in Detention in N. Rakhine” (2 May 2019). LI-202, The Irrawaddy, “Army Says 6 Villagers Shot Dead in Detention in N. Rakhine” (2 May 2019). LI-202, LI-203. LI-202, The Irrawaddy, “Army Says 6 Villagers Shot Dead in Detention in N. Rakhine” (2 May 2019). LI-202, The Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, "As the security forces were violently attacked while investigating those related to the AA violent insurgents, inevitable shooting took place to control and disperse the crowd" (2 May 2019): http://cincds.gov.mm/node/2640 , The Irrawaddy, “Army Says 6 Villagers Shot Dead in Detention in N. Rakhine” (2 May 2019). LI-202, Radio Free Asia, “Myanmar Human Rights Commission Backs Army’s Story of Kyauktan Shootings” (13 June 2019), The Irrawaddy, “Army Says 6 Villagers Shot Dead in Detention in N. Rakhine” (2 May 2019). LI-202. LI-202, Radio Free Asia, “Myanmar Human Rights Commission Backs Army’s Story of Kyauktan Shootings” (13 June 2019), The Irrawaddy, “Army Says 6 Villagers Shot Dead in Detention in N. Rakhine” (2 May 2019). LI-202, Radio Free Asia, “Myanmar Human Rights Commission Backs Army’s Story of Kyauktan Shootings” (13 June 2019), The Irrawaddy, “Army Says 6 Villagers Shot Dead in Detention in N. Rakhine” (2 May 2019); Min Aung Khine, “Villagers Who Were Shot Dead in Custody Denied Funeral Rites, Locals Say” (The Irrawaddy, 6 May 2019). LI-202, LI-188, The Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, "AA violent insurgents and those related to them are investigated, those unrelated are released" (3 May 2019): http://cincds.gov.mm/node/2652; See also: The Irrawaddy, “Army Says 6 Villagers Shot Dead in Detention in N. Rakhine” (2 May 2019). LI-202. 107

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