The Arakan Army (AA) claims to seize two Myanmar junta battalion headquarters in Mrauk U and Kyauktaw townships of Rakhine State.
The AA said it seized the Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 378 headquarters on Monday morning after several days of fighting in historic Mrauk U.
The AA said it overran LIB 376 headquarters in Kyauktaw Township on February 2 and other junta bases in Minbya, Kyauktaw and Mrauk U townships are under attack, reports Irrawaddy.
Clashes continue in Rathedaung, Ponnagyun, Ramree and Ann townships amid regime bombardments from air and sea.
The AA is attacking border outposts in Taung Pyo on the Bangladeshi border in Maungdaw Township. Around 90 regime troops reportedly fled across the border on Sunday and Monday.
Bangladesh’s Border Guard Force said on Monday that nearly 100 junta border personnel entered Bangladesh to escape the AA’s raids.
Retreating regime forces have been chased and attacked by the AA with the regime responding with shelling and airstrikes.
On Monday, 48-year-old Bangladeshi woman Hosne Ara and a Rohingya man were killed in Bangladesh when a shell from fighting near the border hit a village across the border, the Bangladesh police said.
The AA also blamed the junta.
It has been attacking the regime across northern Rakhine State and neighboring Paletwa Township in southern Chin State since November 13.
It says it has seized around 170 junta positions, including Pauktaw town near the Rakhine capital, Sittwe, and the whole of Paletwa Township.
Bd-pratidin English/Lutful Hoque
