Akyab, Arakan State: A massacre of 8 Muslim pilgrims along with one escort – a Muslim lady – and one helper was occurred in Taungup Township in southern Arakan State, Burma yesterday at about 3:00pm by an organized terrorist gang of Buddhist Rakhines, according to a pilgrim who return from Thandwe and see off the eight Muslim pilgrims. The victims were Muslim pilgrims (Jamat) photo: www.mandalaygazette.com “The victims were Muslim pilgrims (Jamat – Islam religious persons, who are going to one place to another where they discuss about religious matters) returning to Rangoon in a bus after completing of their spiritual service at Thetsa Masjid of Thandwe, southern Arakan on June 3, 2012, Rakhine terrorists set upon it and massacred 8 Muslim pilgrims along with one escort and one helper. The culprits were celebrating triumph spitting and tossing the wine and alcohol on the dead bodies lying on the road.” The names of the 8 murdered pilgrims were: Muhammed Sharief (a)