Arsa has carried out only sporadic attacks, but early on 25 August last year, it launched assaults on about 30 police and army posts, triggering a fierce military response.
Source/Credit: BBC News
By BBC News Desk | January 7, 2018
At least 6,700 Rohingya were killed in the month after last August's violence
A militant group from Myanmar's mostly Muslim Rohingya minority says it will keep fighting the government.
Attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa) last year sparked military reprisals that drove about 650,000 Rohingya to flee to Bangladesh.
It now says it was behind an ambush on a military truck in Rakhine state on Friday that injured three people.
The group, seen as terrorists by Myanmar's government, say they are fighting for Rohingya political rights.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Read more
Related Posts :
Indonesia's tradition of religious pluralism under "severe threat", says report- UK: Ahmadi leader addresses women at 51 Ahmadiyya Muslim Convention
- Perspective: More that unites Jews and Muslims than divides us | Ahsan M. Khan, MD
- Saudi Arabia to open luxury beach resort where women can wear bikinis
- Tajikistan: Muslim women face fines, questioning, threats for wearing hijab
0 Response to "Myanmar: Rohingya militant group ARSA vow to fight on"
Post a Comment