Deaths reported after rebels abduct dozens in Myanmar's Rakhine

Title: 

Deaths reported after rebels abduct dozens in Myanmar's Rakhine

Sub-title: 

Arakan Army rebel group says three military helicopters attacked three boats carrying kidnapped troops and two sank.

Description: 

"An ethnic rebel army in Myanmar said some of the several dozen soldiers, police and civilian officials it abducted from a ferry were killed in a subsequent attack by government helicopters. A statement posted on Sunday on the website of the Arakan Army (AA), a rebel group in the western state of Rakhine, said three helicopters attacked three boats carrying the captured personnel after they were seized on Saturday, sinking two..."

Source/publisher: 

"Al Jazeera" (Qatar)

Date of Publication: 

2019-10-28

Date of entry: 

2019-10-28

Grouping: 

  • Individual Documents

Category: 

Countries: 

Myanmar

Administrative areas of Burma/Myanmar: 

Rakhine State

Language: 

English

Resource Type: 

text

Text quality: 

    • Good

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