A new one was added to the atrocities and massacres against Muslims in Myanmar. Myanmar army attacked hundreds of Arakanese Muslims working in the field and massacred 20 people while 40 others were wounded.

Local news sources said the attacks took place in Maungdaw and Buthidaung counties, and that hundreds of Muslims who came from different villages each year to harvest in the summer season were targeted.

Eyewitnesses say that those who were attacked ran into the forest area and nine of those who lost their lives were children.

Muslims in the region, who had previously been subjected to the attacks and massacres of Buddhist mobs, are now under the bombings of the Myanmar army.

It is stated that most of the Muslims living in the villages in the region go to the city.

The United Nations has accused the army of 'genocidal intent' in cracking down on the Muslim minority.

The men were collecting bamboo near the Sai Din waterfall when an army helicopter attacked, three villagers and a regional lawmaker told Reuters on Thursday.

"All of them were bamboo workers," said Soe Tun Oo, a fellow laborer. (ILKHA)