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Father Shot: Rohingya Boy

father shot: He saw his father shot by Burma soldiers, he volunteers in a calm yet deeply unsettling tone, lifting two fingers of his right hand to illustrate the act, according to CBC. When his father didn't die right away, he saw the soldiers slash his throat. By age 12, the Rohingya boy has seen more than anyone should have to see in a lifetime. His mother fled their home in Myanmar with Hamid and four younger siblings. Violence against Rohingya 'looks a lot like ethnic cleansing,' Freeland says Canada provides 2.5M in urgent funding for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh Now he is the elder of his family, he says. They hid in forests for days and then walked for two days to reach the safety of Bangladesh. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.