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 attackers were not identified by the Myanmar government, but the UN said "ethnic armed organizations" had clashed with the country's security forces. The Rohingya are a stateless Muslim minority in Myanmar's Rakhine state thought to number between 800,000 and one million. Myanmar does not recognize them as citizens or one of the 135 recognized ethnic groups living in the country. Though many Rohingya have only known life in Myanmar, they are widely viewed as intruders from across the border.

Source: CNN October 12, 2016 08:15 UTC