YANGON (REUTERS) - At least five ethnic Rohingya were killed and several injured after troops clashed with insurgents in Myanmar's conflict-torn western state of Rakhine, a lawmaker and two residents said on Sunday (March 1).. Read more at straitstimes.com.
YANGON - At least five ethnic Rohingya were killed and several injured after troops clashed with insurgents in Myanmar's conflict-torn western state of Rakhine, a lawmaker and two residents said on Sunday .
Reuters was unable to independently confirm the details of the attack in the remote area, where journalists are barred and Internet access curtailed. There were conflicting accounts of the number of Rohingya injured, which ranged from six to 11, along with several members of the state's Rakhine ethnic majority.
TRAPPED BY FIGHTING Journalists are blocked from travelling to most of central and northern Rakhine, now in the eighth month of a mobile Internet shutdown the government justifies on grounds of security.
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