MYANMAR POLICE KILLED IN ATTACK ON BORDER

YANGON: At least two policemen were killed in coordinated attacks by an unknown group on posts along Myanmar’s border with Bangladesh early yesterday. The assaults hit three border posts around 1.30am near Maungdaw in Rakhine, an impoverished state on Myanmar’s western flank simmering with sectarian tensions between Buddhists and Muslims. “According to initial information, two police officers were killed, two others were injured and six police are missing,” Tin Maung Swe, a senior official within Rakhine’s state government said. – AFP