YANGON, April 26 (Xinhua) -- A regional military headquarters in Myanmar's Rakhine state has been attacked again by an ethnic insurgent group, the Arakan Army (AA), said a release of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Defense Services late Thursday.
Using small and heavy arms, the AA launched the attack on the military headquarters and a security gate in Mrauk U township from within Baungdote village in the township on Wednesday evening, prompting the security forces to return fire and leaving one AA member dead.
The government forces vowed to continue security operation to ensure that rule of law prevails in the areas.
The AA had attacked the regional headquarters for two times on April 17 and April 20.
Meanwhile, a two-month dusk-to-dawn curfew has been imposed on five more townships in the state by local authorities since April 2 following a series of attacks on the government forces by insurgents which resulted in casualties and destruction of civilian houses.
The five more townships covered by the curfew are Yathedaung, Ponnagyun, Kyauktaw, Mrauk U and Minpya in addition to Maungtaw and Buthidaung townships which have already been in place since 2016 until now.
