{"id":4653,"date":"2017-08-27T06:19:01","date_gmt":"2017-08-27T06:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/4653-71-killed-in-overnight-violence-in-myanmar-rakhine\/"},"modified":"2017-08-27T06:19:01","modified_gmt":"2017-08-27T06:19:01","slug":"71-killed-in-overnight-violence-in-myanmar-rakhine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/4653-71-killed-in-overnight-violence-in-myanmar-rakhine\/","title":{"rendered":"71 killed in overnight violence in Myanmar Rakhine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Myanmar says at least 71 people have been killed in attacks on police posts in the western state of Rakhine.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Myanmar says at least 71 people have been killed in attacks on police posts in the western state of Rakhine.<\/h4>\n<h4>At least 59 Rohingya Muslims and 12 policemen were killed overnight on Thursday in the restive state, where the military is accused of committing atrocities against the persecuted Rohingya Muslim community.<\/h4>\n<h4>A government statement said militants staged coordinated attacks on at least 24 police posts, while some 150 men were also attempting to break into a military base.<\/h4>\n<h4>&#8220;The extremist Bengali insurgents attacked a police station in Maungdaw region in northern Rakhine state with a handmade bomb explosive,\u201d said the statement.<\/h4>\n<h4>Using the derogatory term &#8220;Bengali,&#8221; the government refers to the Rohingya Muslims, who are denied citizenship in Myanmar.<\/h4>\n<h4>Myanmar\u2019s government brands the 1.1 million-strong Rohingya population in the country as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. 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