Description:
"THE AA terrorists attacked
Thazin Myaing police outpost
in Yathedaung Township, Rakhine
State, at 2 am yesterday
morning and 10 police officers
and 3 civilians are reportedly
missing. The office of the
Commander-in-Chief of Defence
Services reports that about a hundred AA terrorists
began attacking Thazin Myaing
outpost in full force from the
northwest around 2 am.
A few police officers went
to reinforce Kakingon station
at 5 am but some officers went
missing around that time. Reinforcements
from Myanmar
Police Force and the Tatmadaw
are currently supporting the
besieged outpost.
The AA terrorists have
attacked 4 police outposts in
Buthidaung Township on 4
January 2019, an outpost in
Ponnagyun Township on 9
March, the police headquarters
in MraukU on 10 April,
and an outpost in Buthidaung
Township on 16 July that have
resulted in the deaths of 22 police
officers and injuries to 11
officers, in addition to some
officers and their family members
missing..."
Source/publisher:
Myanmar Ministry of Information via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
Date of Publication:
2020-05-30
Date of entry:
2020-05-30
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
Countries:
Myanmar
Administrative areas of Burma/Myanmar:
Rakhine State
Language:
English
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Format:
pdf
Size:
1.1 MB
Resource Type:
text
Text quality:
- Good