Tag: #Rakhine
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Small blasts hit Rakhine town as Myanmar’s Suu Kyi visits
Yangon, Dec 19 (AFP/APP): Three small explosions went off in a southern Rakhine town in Myanmar Thursday just before civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi landed there in a rare visit to the conflict-ridden state, a local official said. The blasts happened in the normally quiet town of Manaung on an island off Myanmar’s western…
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Myanmar rebels kidnap over 40 police, soldiers in Rakhine
Yangon, Oct 26 (AFP/APP): Ethnic Rakhine rebels took more than 40 police officers and soldiers hostage in a brazen raid on a ferry on Saturday, Myanmar’s military said, the latest flare-up in the restive western region. The military has deployed thousands of troops to try to crush Arakan Army insurgents in the state, where the…