Narinjara News, 3 September 2024

On 1 September at  6:50am, the Rohingya Solidarity Organization (RSO), a terrorist group, ambushed agroup of Arakan Army (AA) fighters as they were is a routine patrolling on theArakan side of the Bangladesh border, resulting in the death of four AAfighters and injury to one.

AA spokesperson U KhaingThukha confirmed the incident which has been reported to the Bangladeshauthorities. He added that if further ambushes take place, they will retaliatedecisively.

On the fateful day, the AAfighters were on patrolling duties along the Arakan side of the internationalborder. They were ambushed by around  30 RSO members near the bridge closeto Kyauk Chaung camp, situated between BP 15 and BP 16.

U Khaing Thukha also addedthat the terrorists seized four weapons and fled in three boats towards theshores of Bangladesh.

"RSO terrorists are nowusing Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh as their base and carrying outmilitary operations from there. We have informed the Bangladeshi authoritiesabout it. If they use Bangladesh's territory to launch attacks on ULA/AA troopsacross the Naf river, we will retaliate decisively," asserted U KhaingThukha.

When the AA chased RSOterrorists, they crossed the river and fled into Bangladesh.

RSO is a notorious armedorganization which is collaborating with the junta forces. Hundreds ofthousands of refugees, most of them young, from Rohingya camps in Bangladeshare being forced by RSOto join Myanmar junta forces to attack AA fighters.

Photograph: Naf river (oldphoto)