Tretton polismän dödade i attack i Myanmar
Tretton poliser har dödats och nio skadats i en attack i den oroliga delstaten Rakhine i Myanmar, skriver AFP.
Attacken utfördes av buddhistiska rebeller i den så kallade Arakan-armén som kräver ökat självstyre för den buddhistiska minoriteten i Rakhine.
En talesperson för Arakan-armén säger att attacken genomfördes som ett svar på en militäroffensiv mot rebellerna under de senaste veckorna, skriver TT.
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Wikipedia (en)
The Arakan Army (Burmese: ရက္ခိုင့်တပ်မတော်; abbreviated AA) is a Rakhine insurgent group in Myanmar (Burma), founded on 10 April 2009. It is the armed wing of the United League of Arakan (ULA), and is currently led by Major General Twan Mrat Naing. The purpose of the AA, as stated by its second-in-command Nyo Twan Awng, is to "protect our Arakan people, and to establish peace, justice, freedom and development."The AA is a participant in the Kachin conflict, fighting alongside the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) against the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces). Most AA soldiers were originally trained at the KIA Military Academy; however, the AA has additional training camps in Rakhine State. According to the Myanmar Peace Monitor, the AA had more than 1,500 troops in 2014, including personnel stationed in the Rakhine State near Myanmar's border with Bangladesh. The Irrawaddy has stated that, as of September 2015, the AA has 2,500 troops and 10,000 supporters.
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