Video footage taken by Muslim refugee fleeing from Myanmar shows Maungdaw villages geting burnt
By Reuters
16 September 2017 |
1:00 pm
Video footage taken by Muslim refugee fleeing from Myanmar shows Maungdaw villages geting burnt.
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