The Arakan Army, a rebel army contesting Myanmar’s 2021 military coup, is claiming to have captured hundreds of junta military troops in battles that occurred in the Rakhine, a western state.
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‘Hundreds of Myanmar troops captured’
BANGKOK: A Myanmar ethnic armed group said on Monday it had captured a military command and taken hundreds of junta personnel prisoner in western Rakhine state, in the latest blow to the Southeast Asian country’s military.
Clashes have rocked Rakhine since the Arakan Army (AA) attacked security forces last November, ending a cease-fire that had largely held since the junta’s Feb. 1, 2021 coup.
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