YANGON - At least two policemen were killed in coordinated attacks by an unknown group on posts along Myanmar's border with Bangladesh early Sunday morning, an official and police said. The assaults hit three border posts around 1.30am near Maungdaw in Rakhine, an impoverished state on Myanmar's western flank simmering with sectarian tensions between Buddhists and Muslims. A number of weapons were also seized by the assailants from the border posts, that officer added. But compared to the country's civil war-ravaged eastern and northern border states, Rakhine does not boast a significant rebel military presence. In May armed attackers stormed a security post at a camp for Rohingya refugees in southern Bangladesh just across the border from Maungdaw.

Source: Bangkok Post October 09, 2016 06:00 UTC