About 30 Rohingya killed in clashes between Myanmar junta, insurgents

RFA
By RFA Burmese
2024.05.18 

Thousands are fleeing a township after the Arakan Army ordered them to leav

The entrance to Buthidaung town in Rakhine state as seen in an undated file photo. Photo: RFA

About 30 members of Myanmar’s Rohingya minority have been killed in clashes between junta forces and ethnic minority Buddhist insurgents, residents of Rakhine State said on Saturday, raising new fears that the persecuted Muslim community is being caught in the middle of increasingly bitter fighting.