Dozens of Myanmar junta border police in northern Rakhine State’s Maungdaw Township fled an offensive by the Arakan Army (AA) on Sunday, crossing into neighbouring Bangladesh, according to the ethnic armed organisation and regional media.
The AA attacked two outposts along the Myanmar-Bangladesh border line in Taungpyo village, seizing one, Taungpyo Letyar, at 6pm, and then continuing the assault on the second post, Taungpyo Letwei.
The fleeing troops—many in plainclothes—were captured in a video shared on social media by a local media outlet in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh as they fled the Taungpyo Letyar site through a cornfield while gunshots rang out. Some appeared to be injured and had difficulty walking.
The man filming asked who the troops were, and one answered, “Myanmar police” in English.
Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), a military unit responsible for border security in the country. . .
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