Myanmar captures 8 more border post attackers

Myanmar government troops have captured eight more attackers on one of its three border posts in Maungtaw, western Rakhine state, according to the military-run Myawaddy News Friday.

The arrest was made when the government troops carried out an area clearance operation in Ngarsarkyu village in Maungtaw Thursday.

On the same day, the government's vessel patrol group also found two suspicious boats in the creek during a patrol in the Nat River, arresting five Bengalis, the sources added.

On Oct. 18, the government troops had arrested 11 armed men in Ngakhuya village, identified to have been involved in Oct. 9 violent attacks on the three border posts in Maungtaw when the government troops and police launched a clearance operation there.

A total of 30 attackers including two women have been killed and 12 others captured in a series of armed clashes between Myanmar government troops and hundreds of armed men in Maungtaw since three border posts were violently attacked.

Five soldiers and eight policemen also died in the clashes.

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

The government claimed that it has exposed an organization "Aqa Mul Mujahidin", led by Havistoohar and linked with terrorist organization-- "Rohingya Solidarity Organization (RSO)" as attackers in the Oct. 9 assault on the three border posts, supported financially by foreign terrorist organizations and the attacks involved some Islamic extremists. Enditem