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Six of the victims were hostages who had been brutally tortured before being killed, according to locals who saw their bodies

A spokesperson for the Arakan Army (AA) said it would cooperate with organisations that bypassed Myanmar’s military regime by coming into Rakhine State over the AA-controlled Bangladesh-Myanmar border

Flooding caused by last week’s heavy rain has also displaced tens of thousands of refugees sheltering in the country’s overcrowded camps

The regime’s embassy in Bangkok has moved to end passport renewals for students getting visas through unaccredited schools

The new border restrictions in Kawthaung are the latest move by the regime aimed at preventing conscription-age men from leaving the country

The 84-year-old Nobel laureate and adviser to the country’s new interim government called on the international community to support “Rohingya humanitarian operations and their eventual repatriation… with safety, dignity, and full rights”

The move comes as many young people in the country continue to seek means to avoid being drafted into compulsory military service

Rohingya people displaced by conflict in Rakhine State were slaughtered near the Naf River in a catastrophe that junta-run media and other sources blamed on attacks by the Arakan Army—the military’s most powerful foe in the state

Although the Arakan Army has gained the upper hand in Maungdaw Township, Rakhine State, army troops and junta-trained militias are reportedly still active in the area and taking civilians hostage

Clashes are ongoing in Maungdaw Township between junta forces and the Arakan Army (AA), which will control all of the Bangladesh-Myanmar border if it captures the township