Narinjara News
Maungdaw, May 17
A robber killed by army in northern Arakan
One man was killed and three
were arrested by the Burmese army during a robbery in northern Arakan state on 7 May, said an official source.
The man was killed when a 12 member
robbery gang, holding some sophisticated arms, robbed a house in Thik Tonar- Kwasoom
village under
3 robbers were caught
red-handed on the spot and 5 robbers escaped to
The Burmese authority
reportedly suspects that the robbery was committed by a group of local people
in cooperation with a Bangladeshi man from the border area.
According to local sources,
crimes including robbery have been on the increase in Maungdaw
Township in the last few months, since a number of Nasaka’s
officials have been expelled from their jobs.#
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