"The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and Arakan Army (AA), which have not yet signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement, said in a statement that hundreds of innocent people have died and 60,000 people have been forced to flee their homes due to the fighting. The fighting in northern Rakhine grows more intense by the day and the military is shelling areas controlled by the TNLA and MNDAA, a spokesperson for the alliance said. The military had also entered areas controlled by the Shan State Army, it said. These activities were based on ethnic hatred, it said, which could destroy trust and delay the peace process. It said the military has to stop its attacks on allied groups or the military will have to accept responsibility for the consequences. Efforts to reach Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun, spokesperson of the military’s True News agency, were unsuccessful..."