cox bazar bangladesh family six cross monsoon-soaked mayu mountains last week mohammed ishmail tie four-year-old daughter back longyi myanmar sarong wife carry two-year-old way part steep pull tree root say ishmail rohingya muslim interview near kutapalong settlement refugees bangladesh shortly arrive tuesday night cut clear bush sleep two umbrellas shelter trek dense bush mountains take two days journey home khin tha village say fire last time saw take 10. say felt like month number refugees arrive bangladesh myanmar rakhine state since militant attack aug. 25 stand nearly 150,000. come land river sea many die along way others find detain human traffickers demand payment rescue destination cox bazar region impoverish bangladesh hundreds thousands rohingya already live makeshift camp reliant overstretch aid agencies mountains ishmail family come across villages northern part maungdaw district epicenter violence state since october abandon count one 20 house survive fire sweep area people still hide forest maungdaw side villages one say one ask directions reach canal try find way cross say two young myanmar soldier spot aim gun say put hand shout go bangladesh say tense silence soldier low weapons show us best way cross canal add one village escape rain mohammed ishmail enter house still stand find body five boys appear teenagers neck hack head nearly sever death toll conflict 400 rise myanmar say kill insurgents account new arrivals bangladesh suggest reprisals myanmar security force buddhists rohingya civilians government say cahoots extremist bengali terrorists myanmar reject accusations security force target civilians say fight terrorists dozens body include women children wash bangladesh side border river many bullet knife wound accord bangladesh border guard fishermen report see body float river reuters show one cadaver look teenage boy lie face muddy river bank gap wind face wash clean river maungdaw thousands people move rohingya aid worker touch reuters flight record video journey mobile phone like something never see even film refugee say arrival cox bazar footage appear show hundreds people line cross river laung village swim across two small ferry run back forth one river cross aid worker say fighters arakan rohingya solidarity organization arsa prevent ferry cross half day tell civilians return home campaign group fortify right document arsa prevent men boys leave area refugee ask identify could freely discuss journey say fighters back villagers plead southern maungdaw military campaign drive tens thousands people coast bangladeshi boatmen hundreds go pick mostly night wooden crescent-shaped boat normally ply fish ground bay bengal make journey across 5.7-km 3.6 mile mouth naf river separate myanmar bangladesh 5-metre boat load many 50 people belong soon conflict blow boat begin land shah porir dwip remote island southernmost tip bangladesh three boat capsize two days last week kill 24 women children authorities launch crackdown boatmen broke call human traffickers bring strand people able pay money imprison pronay chakma assistant commissioner land teknaf sub-district 50 people sentence short jail term warn others take advantage crisis mercenary interest nothing else say try profit strand women children land river sea rohingya make escape myanmar