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Arakan Army (AA) says it seized the last remaining Myanmar junta stronghold in the historic Rakhine State city of Mrauk U. The rebel army said in a statement that it sank three naval landing crafts on Wednesday and Thursday during a junta counteroffensive and fighting continues.

AA said it damaged at least seven other naval vessels on Rakhine State’s rivers in the last month. Police Battalion 31 in Mrauk U was seized by AA on Thursday, meaning the township is under the group’s control, it said. Rakhine media reported that the AA controls Minbya and Kyauktaw townships. Irrawaddy could not independently verify. A Rakhine activist, who is monitoring the conflict, told The Irrawaddy that it is too early to say the three townships have been cleared of all junta troops. A naval vessel fired at least 25 shells into Ramree town and surrounding villages on Friday and a junta outpost at Thein Taung Kone pagoda also shelled the town.

AA’s said: “The junta is murdering and deliberately attacking civilians in direct contravention of the Geneva Conventions and committing war crimes.”
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/aa-...junta.html