Child's view of Burma's horror: Crayon drawings that show the trauma faced by children forced to flee ethnic violence in Burma

Drawings by the children of 140,000 Muslim refugees show the level of ethnic violence in Myanmar

By Mohammed, an 11-year-old boy from Kyuak Phuyu: 'The houses were attacked by Buddhists and monks. They tried to defend the mosque'

By Maung Soe, 10, a boy from Kyaung Gyi Lan in Sittwe

By Maung Thi Ling, 11, a boy from Narzi Village in Sittwe

By Shashida,18-year-old woman from Kyuak Phuyuh: 'The mosque was also attacked. People ran to their boats but some were set on fire.'

One drawing shows houses on fire, the sky black with smoke. Another portrays gunmen firing their weapons.
All contain images of people fleeing, frantically clambering into boats and leaving their homes.
They are drawn in crayon by children.
The drawings shared with The Independent reveals the trauma of Burma’s Rohingya Muslims. In particular, it reveals the pain of the tens of thousands of children forced to flee ethnic violence and take refuge in hastily constructed camps. Many were killed or otherwise died along the way.
“Our house was set on fire with a petrol. The paramilitary police shot at people escaping,” 15-year-old Shwe Tun Naing, from Narzi village, told an aid-worker. “A Buddhist monk cut the arm off a Muslim who was escaping. Police fired guns, cut with swords, kicked, used catapults and bows and arrows to kill.  It was very hot.”