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Almost 70 killed in month of Rakhine violence: Myanmar army

YANGON, (MILLAT+APP/AFP): Myanmar’s security forces have killed
almost 70 people since taking control of northern Rakhine state last month, the army said, adding that media reports of widespread destruction in the area were “false news”.
Troops have poured into a strip of land along the border with
Bangladesh, an area largely home to the Rohingya minority, since deadly raids on police border posts on October 9.
Clashes escalated over the weekend when troops killed more than 30
people in two days of fighting that saw the military use helicopter gunships for the first time.
A hunt for the attackers has seen a total of “69 Bengalis (Rohingya)
killed and 234 arrested” between October 9 and November 14, according to a Facebook post by the army chief’s office late Monday.
“Seven soldiers, including one commanding officer… and 10 police
sacrificed their lives”, it added.