Radio Free Asia: Rakhine Insurgents Kill 13 Policemen, Injure Nine Others in Myanmar Outpost Attacks
An ethnic Rakhine insurgent group launched coordinated attacks on four police outposts near Myanmar’s border with Bangladesh early Friday, killing 13 policemen and injuring nine others, a spokesman for the Myanmar Army said, as violence in restive northern Rakhine state intensified.
The Arakan Army, a Rakhine Buddhist military force that has been fighting the Myanmar Army in northern Rakhine state, attacked the Kyaung Taung, Kahtee Hla, Gotepi, and Nga Myin Taw police outposts in Buthidaung township, killing the 13 men, Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun from the information department of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief told RFA’s Myanmar Service.
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