United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said Thursday he was deeply concerned by escalating violence in Myanmar, including reports of the military killing scores of civilians in Arakan State late last month.

The two groups told the regime to immediately stop the violence it is meting out against civilians across the country.

Local people and civil servants having been fleeing fighting between the regime and Arakkha Army (AA) in Thandwe Township, forcing government offices to shut down.

Civilian casualties were reported after Myanmar’s military regime launched airstrikes on Kyauktaw Town, held by the Arakkha Army (AA), two days in a row, according to local residents.

The Arakkha Army (AA) has reportedly seized two more Border Guard Force (BGF) battalions in southern Maungdaw Township, Arakan State.

Junta soldiers abducted six men from their homes in two villages in Sittwe Township, Arakan State, on Tuesday night.

More than 20 people are suffering from malaria and seasonal flu at the Ahtet Myat Hle displacement camp in Ponnagyun Township. More than 700 people are taking shelter at the camp.

Family members are concerned about the well-being of five Maungdaw residents detained by Myanmar’s military regime earlier this week, amid intense fighting in the township with the Arakkha Army (AA).

Junta soldiers reportedly detained Ko Gambarri for questioning, and it is not known where he is currently being held.

More than 90 political prisoners were transferred to Yangon from Sittwe Prison by a military Y-8 transport aircraft.

More than 1,500 residents who were forcibly moved from Byaing Phyu Village to Sittwe town after a recent massacre in the former are going hungry.

The NUG released a statement on May 21, expressing concerns about alleged human rights abuses against Muslim by both regime and AA forces in Buthidaung fighting.

At least three civilians were killed and nine others were injured in a junta attack on Hsinkhaung Village, part of Arakan State’s Thandwe Township, on June 3.

The regime’s human rights violations took several forms, including airstrikes, shellings, gunfire, arson attacks, arbitrary arrests and use of civilians as human shields, the statement added.

Environmentalists say Arakan State has suffered from climate change and other negative effects in recent years due to weak environmental protection efforts.

The majority of victims were killed by artillery strikes, bombing raids, landmine explosions or were raped by junta forces, said the BWU’s statement on June 1.

Fighting between the military and AA in Thandwe Township is moving closer to the town, with airlines cancelling flights in the leadup to the closure of the airport.

The regime has reportedly threatened that it will cut off financial assistance provided by international organisations if the Muslim IDPs refuse to join its military training.

Myanmar’s military regime has denied slaughtering dozens of civilians in Byaing Phyu Village in Arakan State’s Sittwe Township, calling the alleged massacre a complete fabrication.