text: The army and government have also sought to highlight the suffering of other ethnic groups swept up in the unrest, such as Rakhine Buddhists and Hindus
  World | Agence France-Presse | Updated: September 27, 2017 21:55 IST
  Locals have helped identify 25 of the corpses, according to officials (Reuters)
  Maungdaw, Myanmar: Myanmar troops are still searching for nearly 50 more Hindu villagers feared slaughtered in Rakhine state, officials said today, as local leaders identified dozens of corpses unearthed from mass graves this week.
  The military has blamed the killings on Rohingya terrorists it claims to be targeting in a crackdown that has sent nearly half a million refugees -- mostly from the Muslim minority group -- fleeing across the border to Bangladesh in one month.
  The army operation has been so outsized and brutal that the UN has accused troops of systematically evicting the Rohingya, who have faced decades of persecution in the mainly Buddhist country.
  The army has denied accusations of ethnic cleansing, but has restricted press access to the conflict zone and has posted regular updates that blame Rohingya terrorists for the bloodshed.
  Deadly raids on police posts by Rohingya terrorists on August 25 sparked the army backlash.
  "We begged for our lives"
  "They kept the beautiful eight women alive to marry," he said.
  All four women said they were taken to Rohingya Muslim camps inside Bangladesh by the attackers. Ms Sheel said her captor urged her to convert to Islam before she was brought to the Hindu village by a local leader.