Bodies of policemen, killed in a militant attack, are covered by blankets at the Yoetayoke police station, near Sittwe in Rakhine State. Photo: AFP Bodies of policemen, killed in a militant attack, are covered by blankets at the Yoetayoke police station, near Sittwe in Rakhine State. Photo: AFP
Bodies of policemen, killed in a militant attack, are covered by blankets at the Yoetayoke police station, near Sittwe in Rakhine State. Photo: AFP
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Rakhine insurgents suspected of bloody ambush on police station in troubled Myanmar state

  • The Arakan Army has in recent months mounted several attacks on security forces
  • Rebels want greater autonomy for Rakhine state

Topic |   Myanmar
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 10:34pm, 10 Mar, 2019

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Bodies of policemen, killed in a militant attack, are covered by blankets at the Yoetayoke police station, near Sittwe in Rakhine State. Photo: AFP Bodies of policemen, killed in a militant attack, are covered by blankets at the Yoetayoke police station, near Sittwe in Rakhine State. Photo: AFP
Bodies of policemen, killed in a militant attack, are covered by blankets at the Yoetayoke police station, near Sittwe in Rakhine State. Photo: AFP
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