military. myanmar's de facto leader, ang san suu kyi, a nobel laureate, addressing the rohingya crisis for the first time since reports more than 400,000 have now fled in fear. and abc's bob woodruff tonight, on the front lines in myanmar. you're about to see what bob witnessed first-hand. >> reporter: they are running for their lives, hoping to escape what they believe is certain death. risking it all to cross illegally from myanmar into bangladesh. >> translator: we are being persecuted. we are scared. there have been killings. >> reporter: disturbing reports emerging of a new wave of attacks unleashed by government forces in myanmar on the rohingya, a muslim minority. there are reports of villages surrounded, homes burned to the ground, torture, executions and rape. so, we traveled to bangladesh to speak with survivors of government attacks. attacks such as this one. rohingya villagers seen here struck repeatedly by police. everyone we encounter wants to