Rohingya Army Issues Statement Urging for Calmness in Arakan State
RB News
August 7, 2017
The Arakan Rohingya
Salvation Army (ARSA) released a statement through its twitter account
(@arsa_official) on 7th August 2017 urging all the citizens of
Arakan state -- Rakhine, Rohingya and others -- to maintain and preserve
calmness, public order and tranquility in the region.
It says a series
of unfloding violent events across Maungdaw and Rathedaung Townships are being
carried out by the Myanmar authorities and some Buddhist extremists and meant
to trigger a repeat of 2012-style violence.
The Arakan
Rohingya Liberation Army (ARSA) was formerly known as Faith Movement or Al
Yakeen in Arabic is a rebel group fighting for the liberation of the persecuted
Rohingya, according to its twitter account profile. It has been operating in
the northern Arakan State since October 2016 targeting the Myanmar state’s
armed forces.
Reliable sources
have told us that the twitter account is handled by one or more members of the
rebel group.
The full statement
(dated on August 6, 2017, but released on August 7, 2017) is attached below.
