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Myanmar closes border trade point with Bangladesh following armed clashes

Xinhua, October 20, 2016 Adjust font size:

Myanmar has temporarily closed a border trade point in the western Rakhine state with Bangladesh due to armed clashes in the border area, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.

Three border posts in Maungtaw were attacked on Oct.9 by hundreds of armed men with five soldiers and eight policemen being killed in the incident.

A total of 30 attackers, including two women, have also been killed and 12 others captured in a follow-up armed clashes between the government troops and armed men since the border posts were violently attacked in Maungtaw, according to the Home Ministry.

The three border posts are Kyikanpyi in Maungtaw, Kotankauk in Rathedaung and Ngakhuya Office.

A dusk-to-dawn curfew has been imposed in Maungtaw since Oct. 10.

The border trade value through Maungtaw reached 3.089 million U.S. dollars as of Oct. 14 in the current 2016-2017 fiscal year.

The country has two border trade gates with Bangladesh - Maungtaw and Sittway. Endit