UNHCR chief accuses country’s troops of killing men and raping women, forcing stateless minority to flee to Bangladesh.

Myanmar is carrying out “ethnic cleansing” of Rohingya Muslims, a UN official has said, as stories of gang rape, torture and murder emerge from among the thousands who have fled to Bangladesh. Up to 30,000 members of the ethnic community have abandoned their homes in Myanmar to escape the unfolding violence, the UN said, after troops…