Myanmar rebels claim killing and capturing junta troops

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 19, 2022 5:56 pm

YANGON: A Myanmar ethnic rebel group said on Tuesday it had captured 14 junta troops and killed an unspecified number, in the latest blow to a fragile peace in the only region to have seen no post-coup crackdown.

Days after its putsch last year, the junta reaffirmed a ceasefire with the Arakan Army (AA), which has for years fought a war for autonomy for Rakhine state's ethnic Rakhine population.

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