driving the AA’s campaign. At around 12:30 AM, the AA infiltrated Oli Moroung. Enamul recalls the precise moment terror unfolded. “They opened fire everywhere, indiscriminately. Everyone was running, screaming, trying to escape. The whole town turned red with fire.” He and others fled to the main road, watching from a distance as their homes were consumed by flames. Enamul's home was destroyed in the attack. Alongside it, he lost twelve heads of cattle, a vital asset representing years of savings and economic stability. The total value of his property, including the cattle and house, was estimated at 1.5 million Myanmar Kyat. In April 2024, the village of Kwan Dine and surrounding Rohingya communities in Buthidaung Township were engulfed in a wave of systematic violence and destruction. Aman Ullah, a 50-year-old madrasa teacher and landowner, fled his ancestral home alongside hundreds of others when the AA launched a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing. Now displaced and destitute in Shafiullah Khata, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Aman bears witness to the annihilation of his village, his livelihood, and his community. The AA entered Kuandaung via the routes of U Hla Pay and Ruainga Daung (Ruwa Nyu Daung), opening fire without warning and slaughtering anyone unable to flee. They came firing. People screamed. We all ran for our lives toward Buthidaung downtown. Though Aman did not witness the killings firsthand, reports circulated quickly. Those left behind were murdered, and a number of his neighbors never made it out alive. As he fled, he looked back and saw the red glow of flames consuming everything he had known. From a distance, Aman watched helplessly as the AA reduced his village to rubble. They burned Kwan Dine , U Hla Pay, Houyasiri (Htan Shauk Khan Village , Fosin Fara (west village), Fuk Fara (East Village), and Bor Fara. They burned the mosques, the madrasas, the homes, everything. The coordinated destruction wasn’t isolated. It was part of a systematic campaign to erase Rohingya villages from the landscape of Rakhine State. ➔ Destruction of Livelihoods Following Buthidaung’s capture, approximately 70,000 individuals from the community were displaced, and later sought refuge to the west and south because of ongoing attacks. The Arakan Army declared, on May 18, it had captured all Myanmar junta camps in Buthidaung. In the days 76