Discovery of ARSA extremist terrorists’ hidden IEDs

October 2, 2017

Security personnel conducting law enforcement measures in Yathedaung and Maungtaw townships in Rakhine State discovered ARSA extremist terrorists’ hidden IEDs.

About 11:40 a.m. on 30 September, security personnel conducting law enforcement measures found a suspicious blue color plastic container in a bush about 300 meters west of Ahtetnanya Village, Yathedaung Township. Upon inspection, two IEDs made from a 9 inch long 4 inch diameter pipe and 9 inch long 2 ½ inch diameter was found in the container.

Similarly, on the morning of 1 October, security personnel conducing law enforcement measures dug suspicious loose earth in the compound of a burnt house in Myazin Village, Maungtaw Township and found two yellow color plastic containers containing IEDs hidden underneath rice husks.

In the two plastic containers were two 6 inch long 4 inch diameter IEDs and ten 9 inch long 2 inch diameter IEDs totaling 12 IEDs, four remote controls with the word RE on it and a coil of wire about 125 ft. long. ARSA extremist terrorists were conducting mine attacks and there were 13 attacks before 25 August and 75 attacks after 25 August.

Myanmar News Agency

Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar