Hundreds of armed men attack police in Myanmar; UN calls for restraint

(CNN)The United Nations has called for "maximum restraint" after a spate of violent attacks in Myanmar's restive Rakhine State.
More than a dozen soldiers and police have been killed since Friday, state media reported, with troops in the city of Maungtaw attacked by about 300 men armed with knives, pistols and swords.

"The Special Adviser calls on the civilian population of the area to exercise maximum restraint and not be provoked into any kind of response by targeting other communities or religious groups," Vijay Nambiar, the special adviser to the secretary-general on Myanmar, said in a statement Wednesday.
"The recent clashes have not only caused grievous deaths and injuries including to infants and children, but also displaced tens of thousands of people across the three states," the UN statement said.
The attackers were not identified by the Myanmar government, but the UN said "ethnic armed organizations" had clashed with the country's security forces.

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Kelfuma said:

Hundreds of armed men attack police, soldiers in Myanmar - CNN.com



Quite a development, you think they'll be a civil war soon if the ethnic minority don't leave?

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Crovax said:

I thought it was called Burma

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Kelfuma said:

Hundreds of armed men attack police, soldiers in Myanmar - CNN.com

Quite a development, you think they'll be a civil war soon if the ethnic minority don't leave?

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