A total of 343 inmates of Sittwe Prison, including four political prisoners, were released on April 17 in a mass presidential pardon coinciding with the Thingyan holiday.

A 14-year-old boy who was among six civilians injured by gunfire in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw town succumbed to his wounds and was pronounced dead at Kyauktaw Hospital hours after the shooting on Thursday evening, according to a local resident.

A communique issued by the Arakan State COVID-19 Control and Emergency Response Committee indicates that district-level committees formed to combat the deadly virus will arrange home and community-based facility quarantines for people returning to Arakan State from other parts of Myanmar.

Police from the Aungzu Border Guard Force in northern Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, were attacked by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) on April 15, with the militants killing two officers and making off with a pair of guns, according to an official from the Maungdaw District General Administration Department.

Six civilians, including children, were injured in a shooting incident on the evening of April 16 in Kyauktaw town, Arakan State.

One civilian was killed and three were injured by artillery fire on April 12 at Ah Lel Kyun village in Ann Township, Arakan State.

Eight civilians were killed and another 13 were injured by a barrage of artillery fire on April 13 at Kyauk Seik village in Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township.

Internally displaced people (IDPs) who recently arrived at a camp set up by the government in Ponnagyun Township are facing difficulties acquiring basic necessities such as food, clothing and shelter, a camp official said.

A man who suffered from heart disease died of cardiac arrest after hearing artillery shell blasts near Gananmae village in Ponnagyun Township, Arakan State, on April 11.

The Office of the Commander-in-Chief stated on April 11 that Tatmadaw Navy vessels fired warning shots at six Bangladeshi fishing boats that entered Myanmar’s territorial waters illegally last week. 

An explosion occurred near Waithali village in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township on April 10, injuring two residents of the village.

Four residents of Sin Oo Tike village in Arakan State’s Ann Township were injured by an artillery shell blast on April 8.

A 17-year-old from Lanmataw village in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township sustained a gunshot wound on April 7 and is receiving medical treatment at Sittwe General Hospital.

A soldier who allegedly insulted a woman’s modesty on the afternoon of April 6 in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township will face military legal action, the Office of the Commander-in-Chief said on April 7. 

Two men staged a silent protest on April 7 in Kyaukphyu town, Arakan State, demanding that entry of oil tankers and foreigners to the port here be suspended in order to prevent coronavirus spread.

Amid heightened monitoring for potential coronavirus cases across Myanmar, swab samples from a sick man who succumbed to his illness on April 7 in Arakan State’s Taungup Township are to be tested in Yangon, according to the Department of Public Health.

The Arakan State parliament Speaker and Ola Almgren, who serves as the UN Resident Coordinator in Myanmar as well as the country’s UN Humanitarian Coordinator, had an online discussion about Arakan State affairs on April 5, with the conversation touching on a variety of issues facing the volatile region.

The families of 15 people detained by the Tatmadaw while transporting government-provided rice to Nyaung Chaung IDP camp in Kyauktaw Township are concerned for their safety, Pyithu Hluttaw member U Oo Tun Win said.