On the run from the Bangladesh police and without any legitimate means of livelihood, Rohingyas face a bleak future on the Bangladesh side of the border. But that hasn't prevented Shah Noor, 23, from the Akyab area of Arakan state, from making the perilous trip along the Bay of Bengal to Teknaf.
Rohingyas such as Hanif and Shah Noor accuse the government of fomenting the massacre by urging Rakhines to kill the Rohingya "Kala" (blacks) an overtly racist strategy that turned neighbours into killers.
They point out that many of the victims of the riots died of gunshot wounds, though the rioters were mainly armed with machetes and clubs. "It was the government," Shah Noor said quietly. "Without the military backing, the Moghs would never dare attack us. The government wants to drive us out."
