Ethnic Karens led a demonstration in front of Maha Bandula Park on October 2 demanding equal rights for ethnic minorities and the creation of a genuine federal union.

Five people, including the head monk of Miwa monastery, who is secretary of Arakan State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee and one novice, got injured as stray bullets landed in the monastery compound.

Police say they shot and detained a knife-wielding man who allegedly killed two people and injured two more in Minbya Township, Arakan State, on October 2.

Ma Mya Thazin, a 14-year-old student, was hit by a piece of shrapnel in Zedi Taung village in Buthidaung Township, and is now receiving medical treatment at the Sittwe hospital on 3 October.

Arakan State chief minister U Nyi Pu urges the regional police force to be vigilant for security of people’s lives and property so that they could respond to any potential threats by some terrorist groups.

A 40-year old man was shot dead by security troops in Kyauktaw’s Kardi village on the morning of 2 October, according to local sources.

A 14-year-old girl was hit by a piece of shrapnel at about 5 p.m. on 2 October in Zedi Taung village of Buthidaung Township, Rakhine State.

Two policemen who attacked rebels together with Tatmadaw received awards at the 55th Myanmar Police Force Day ceremony held in U Ottama Hall, Sittwe, on October 1.

Gunfire from a naval vessel injured five people, including a venerable monk in Miwa village, Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State on October 1, locals said.

The Arakan State Hluttaw approved a proposal urging the state government to take necessary measures to ensure both the Tatmadaw and Arakan Army (AA) avoid targeting civilians, despite objections from Tatmadaw lawmakers.

Fighting in northern Arakan State has affected cultivation in Buthidaung Township, leaving more than 15,000 acres of cultivated land idle, according to the Department of Agriculture in Buthidaung Township.

The United Nations Office in Myanmar has requested Internet access to be restored in four townships in Arakan State on September 29.

Two villagers were hit stray bullets as a Tatmadaw troop fired near Miwa village, Kyauktaw Township, members of their families said.

Mro ethnic children in Ahtet Myat Hlae IDP camp in Ponnagyun Township are facing language difficulties at the camp’s school, said U Thein Shwe, the principal of Ahtet Myat Hlae High School.

U Tun Aung Thein, Pyithu Hluttaw member from Buthidaung Township, urged the security forces to guard the border fence between Arakan State and Bangladesh carefully because Muslim people in Bangladesh are entering Arakan State illegally.

Members of student unions handed out leaflets in Yangon’s Dagon University to inform people about the daily sufferings of people who are affected by the armed conflict in Arakan State and other regions.

The ongoing fighting between the Tatmadaw and the AA in Arakan State has been affecting local people and IDPs from conflict ridden areas demand a ceasefire in their region.

The draft proposal for designation of Mrauk-U Region as World Heritage site has been submitted to the UNESCO World Heritage Center on 24 September.

Members of the Border Guard Force have arrested a Muslim suspect near Kuntheepin Village, Nantthataung Village-tract in the northern part of Maungdaw Township, Arakan State.