AB News 2 June 2024
The residents of Sittwe City said “About one thousand and five hundred eighty-eight children and women are holding captive as human shields in deferent Buddhist monasteries in Sittwe city. Following the incident held on 30 May and 31 May of killed more than 40 people aged 15 years to 70 years old whose were disappeared through burning to ashes by the terrorist military council, the rest of the people of Sat Rogya, Bayin Phyu village including children and women are in captive as a human shield. However, there is no tense of battle or war in the city.
The number of Children and women in captivity;
| SL No | Name of the Buddhist monasteries | Number of captivities |
| 1 | Viba Savaty Buddhist Monastery | 400 |
| 2 | Sangha Radana Buddhist Monastery | 300 |
| 3 | Inso Memit Buddhist monastery | 150 |
| 4 | Yetra Buddhist monastery | 140 |
| 5 | Seik Kay Buddhist monastery | 120 |
| 6 | Dhamma Raittha Buddhist monastery | 428 |
| 7 | Yatra Buddhist monastery | 50 |
| Total | 1588 |
An analytic of warfare on condition of anonymity said to this reporter that if the war breaks out with the ARAKAN army in the city, as a Part of pre-preparation Tatmadaw, the terrorist military council has kept the general civilians captivity in the Buddhist monasteries as a human shield. It is found that the military council has prepared Sittwe City as an ultimate stronghold by applying different strategies. For AA, after capturing Maungdaw, the very last destination is Sittwe. The analytic added.
By occurring mass killing at Bayin Phue Village in Sittwe the terrorist military council wanted to send a message to the people that they would have died if the AA proceeded toward the city. A similar strategy was applied in Pauktaw Township by the terrorist gang. There is an example that during the battle in Buthidaung Muslim people were used as human shields, said the analytic of warfare.
The children and women captivated from Byaing Pru village are kept in the different Buddhist monasteries in Sittwe City without letting them go out is also the strategy of using them as human shields. After leaking out the news of 3 women being taken by a military car and killing 2 women after being raped, the pictures of the two women’s dead bodies went viral on social media.