Associated Press investigation: Myanmar security force rapes Rohingya women; finds the report

An Associated Press investigation has found that the rape of Rohingya women by Myanmar's security forces has been sweeping and methodical. IN PIC: This combo photo comprises of portraits of some of the Rohingya Muslim women taken during an interview with The Associated Press in November 2017 in Kutupalong and Gundum refugee camp in Bangladesh. They said they were raped by members of Myanmar's armed forces.

An Associated Press investigation has found that the rape of Rohingya women by Myanmar's security forces has been sweeping and methodical. They agreed to be identified in this story by their first initial only, out of fear the military will kill them or t 

The AP interviewed 29 women and girls who said they were raped by Myanmar's armed forces. The women were interviewed separately, come from a wide swath of villages in Myanmar and now live in various refugee camps in neighboring Bangladesh. IN PIC: In this Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, photo, R, 13, is seen in silhouette as she speaks to The Associated Press in her tent in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. (Photo | AP)

The AP found distinct patterns in their accounts, their assailants' uniforms and the details of the rapes themselves. IN PIC: In this Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, photo, R, 13, shows off the scars on her knees and right shin from injuries obtained when members of Myanmar's armed forces dragged her out of her house before gang raping her, during an interview with The Associated Press in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. (Photo | AP)

The testimonies bolster the U.N.'s contention that Myanmar's armed forces are systematically using rape as a 'calculated tool of terror' aimed at exterminating the Rohingya people. They also believes the Myanmar military's assertion that the rapes never happened. IN PIC: In this Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, photo, R, 13, covers her face with her headscarf while being photographed in her tent in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. (Photo | AP)

The most common attack involved groups of soldiers storming into a house, beating any children inside and then beating and gang raping the women. IN PIC: In this Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, photo, K, 25, right, speaks to The Associated Press while her children watch cautiously beside her in their tent in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh.

These survivors from several refugee camps — who were interviewed separately and extensively — ranged in age from 13 to 35, came from a wide swathe of villages in Myanmar's Rakhine state and described assaults between October 2016 and mid-September. IN PIC: In this Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, photo, F, 22, who says she was raped by members of Myanmar's armed forces in June and again in September, clutches her hands around her pregnant belly as she is photographed in her tent in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. (Photo | AP)

IN PIC: In this Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, photo, K, 30, is photographed carrying her baby, born two months premature, and her son beside her as she points to pictures of symbols that designate various units of Myanmar’s armed forces in her tent in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. (Photo | AP)

IN PIC: In this Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017, photo, F, 22, pregnant, prays in her tent in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. (Photo | AP)

The military has denied its soldiers raped any Rohingya women. IN PIC: In this Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, photo, K, 25, swings her two month old baby in her tent in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. (Photo | AP)