Myanmar’s Military Reports ARSA Attack on Police Vehicle in Rakhine State.

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2019-04-23

Myanmar soldiers walk away from a helicopter that took them to Maungdaw in western Myanmar's Rakhine state to track down attackers who staged deadly raids on border posts, Oct. 10, 2016.

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Myanmar’s military reported that the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) attacked a police vehicle with mines Monday in Rakhine state’s Maungdaw township, repeating an earlier claim that the Muslim Rohingya militant group was working with the ethnic Rakhine rebel Arakan Army (AA).

Village headman beaten and kidnapped in Maungdaw

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By Soe Thu Aung
31st December 2016

Scene in the Ngakhura village on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border on December 21. Photo: EPA -

The State Counsellor Office issued a news release which says a 100-household head in Gwasone village, Maungdaw Township was beaten by six men armed with swords, tied up and then kidnapped.

Six attackers armed with sticks and swords beat the Muslim 100-household head Anna Muller from Gwasone village while he was visiting Gwasone Middle village for some work on December 29 in the evening. He was tied and taken away by his attackers to the Mayu mountain range, the news release says.