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following days.2182 They burned several hamlets in the surrounding area. Despite not being
mentioned in official Government accounts as the location for an ARSA attack on 25 August,
there is official reference to ARSA carrying out an ambush on vehicles of the security forces
in Myo Thu Gyi on 26 August 2017, which resulted in an exchange of fire. 2183
Image of Myo Thu Gyi from 11 October 2017. Burnings first detected
on 16 September 2017
967. Ywar Thit Kay, Ward Five in Maungdaw town, was also the location of an ARSA
attack.2184 One interviewee described how on 25 August, at around 3am, she heard gunshots
and a loud explosion, and joined others fleeing to a nearby village. When she returned to her
house two days later, she saw military and ethnic Rakhine setting houses on fire. 2185
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QI-035, QI-108, WI-011.
Information Committee, “Breaking News 6”, (Facebook post, 28 August
2017),https://www.facebook.com/InfomationCommittee/posts/786693624837079
Information Committee, “Breaking News 2”, (Facebook post, 25 August 2017),
https://www.facebook.com/InfomationCommittee/posts/785202504986191; K-154.2
YI-021.