cox bazar bangladesh reuters late last month syed karim grow rice sugarcane strip unclaimed land along international border myanmar end bangladesh begin aug. 25 26-year-old rohingya muslim man abandon home nearby myanmar village move no-man land flee crackdown military community response militant attack estimate 370,000 rohingya flee bangladesh since day karim thousands neighbor rohingya villages near border face unique predicament flee safety buff zone along border stick bangladesh security force instructions let say monzurul hassan khan bangladesh border guard officer rohingya say afraid go back home ready abandon altogether become refugees bangladesh see house go say karim whose taung pyo let yar village could see shack no-man land top u.n. human right official call myanmar operations rohingya textbook example ethnic cleanse security council meet behind close doors wednesday discuss situation 40-acre 16.2-hectare buff zone size 40 soccer pitch string along border barb wire fence myanmar side creek hundreds tarpaulin bamboo shack come use paddy field hill south khan say 8,000 10,000 rohingya camp un refugee agency run camp bangladesh go security reason say vivian tan spokeswoman unhcr tan say work ngos provide people area plastic sheet clothe myanmar lay landmines side border wound least four people bangladesh authorities rohingya refugees say buddhist-majority myanmar say security force fight legitimate campaign terrorists blame attack security force several bangladesh officials say suspect 100 fighters arakan rohingya salvation army arsa insurgents attack myanmar police post army base aug. 25 also spot border area bangladeshi security officials say learn informers suspect arsa fighters area early last week eid al-adha festival officials request anonymity sensitivity situation say 11 suspect fighters also treat hospital chittagong city north cox bazar close border arsa spokesman deny fighters use no-man land launch attack say none fighters bangladesh mostafa kamal uddin bangladesh home secretary say information presence rohingya militants bangladesh karim rohingya people mostly border villages say start flee buff zone aug. 25 attack khan border guard officer say number swell aug. 27. keep hear gunshots also saw fire smoke side border khan say point two brown patch burn tree taung pyo let yar village operations base hilltop bangladesh gundum village near border men automatic rifle keep watch rohingya children wad across creek fetch fresh water aluminum pot plastic bottle hand-pump bangladeshi soil toddler knee-deep water rise neck struggle three plastic bottle drop one turn around pick press forward interview buff zone reuters take khan residents three villages taung pyo let yar mee taik kun thee pin say spar previous big military crackdown october last year things change aug. 25. mohammed arif rohingya man taung pyo let yar village say flee woods near village hide army come watch mortar shell hit two-storey house burn cross fence aug. 26 family arif say see arsa fighters no-man land country buddha worshippers treat us like virus need eliminate hear say rohingya myanmar go back arif say trap landmines creek rohingya languish no-man 's land