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26,000 displaced after new clashes in Rakhine state

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Published: 21:00, 18 November 2023  
26,000 displaced after new clashes in Rakhine state

At least 26,000 people have been displaced after new ethnic violence by Myanmar's military.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in an update said ongoing clashes between the Arakan Army (AA) and the military have resulted in the displacement of 26,175 people across Rakhine.

AA fighters launched attacks on security forces in Rakhine and neighboring Chin state on Monday, ending a shaky cease-fire and opening another front as the military battles opponents in the north and east.

UNOCHA said at least 11 people had been killed in military shelling of AA positions since Monday.

On Thursday junta troops shelled the town of Pauktaw, 16 miles (25 kilometers) west of the state capital Sittwe, and shot at it from helicopters after AA fighters briefly seized the police station.

The military took control of the town later in the day, and on Friday local media cited residents saying that around 50 people had been detained and an unknown number were feared dead.
 

Dhaka/Mukul