{"id":69305,"date":"2017-08-30T23:06:35","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T05:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=69305"},"modified":"2017-08-30T15:42:05","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T22:42:05","slug":"rohingha-muslim-terrorism-recent-incidences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2017\/08\/30\/rohingha-muslim-terrorism-recent-incidences\/","title":{"rendered":"ROHINGHA MUSLIM TERRORISM : RECENT INCIDENCES"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Daya Hewapathirane<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0<\/span>On 9 October 2016, hundreds of unidentified Rohingha Muslim insurgents attacked three Burmese border posts along Myanmar’s border with Bangladesh. <\/sup>\u00a0The attackers brandished knives, machetes and homemade slingshots that fired metal bolts. Several dozen firearms and boxes of ammunition were looted by the attackers from the border posts. The attack resulted in the deaths of nine Buddhist border officers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>On 11 October 2016, four Buddhist \u00a0Burmese Army<\/span><\/a>\u00a0soldiers were killed on the third day of fighting.[32]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>On 15 November 2016, the Burmese Army announced that 69 Rohingya insurgents and 17 security forces (10 policemen, 7 soldiers) had been killed in recent clashes in northern Rakhine State, bringing the death toll to 134 (102 insurgents and 32 security forces). It was also announced that 234 people suspected of being connected to the attack were arrested.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>In March 2017, a police document obtained by Reuters \u00a0\u00a0listed 423 Rohingyas detained by the police since 9 October 2016. The police justified the arrests saying, “We the police have to arrest those who collaborated with the attackers\u2026.” Myanmar police also claimed that children had confessed to their alleged crimes during interrogations. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>On 25 August 2017, the government announced that 71 people (one soldier, one immigration officer, 10 policemen and 59 insurgents) had been killed overnight during coordinated attacks by up to 150 Rohingha Muslim insurgents on 26 police posts and the 552nd Light Infantry Battalion army base in Rakhine State. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>On 25 August 2017, the Central Committee for Counter Terrorism of Myanmar declared the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army\u00a0 (ARSA) a terrorist group in accordance with the country’s counter terrorism law.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>ARAKAN ROHINGYA SALVATION ARMY\u00a0(ARSA)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>The\u00a0Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army\u00a0(ARSA),\u00a0also known by its former name\u00a0Harakah al-Yaqin[<\/span><\/a> <\/sup>and by its former English name the\u00a0Faith Movement, is the\u00a0Rohingya<\/span><\/a>\u00a0insurgent group<\/span><\/a>\u00a0active in the jungles of northern\u00a0Rakhine State<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0Myanmar<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>The goal of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) is to create a “Muslim state for the Rohingya”. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>The ARSA is led by\u00a0Ata Ullah<\/span><\/a>, a Rohingya Muslim man who was born in\u00a0Karachi<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0 Pakistan<\/span><\/a>, and grew up in\u00a0Mecca<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0 Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>The \u00a0Burmese government suspects that ARSA is involved with, and subsidized by foreign Islamists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr. Daya Hewapathirane<\/span><\/p>\n

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