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Insurgents Kill 7 Myanmar Security Forces In Independence Day Attack

Buddhist militants attacked four police posts in Myanmar's restive Rakhine state on the day the country celebrates its 1948 independence from Britain.
Myanmar Border Guard Police in Rakhine state patrol the fence in the "no-man's land" zone between Myanmar and Bangladesh.

On a day meant to celebrate Myanmar's independence from Britain 71 years ago, Buddhist insurgents launched attacks on four police posts that killed seven soldiers in the country's restive Rakhine state.

A Buddhist militant group called the Arakan Army staged the attacks Fridayfleeing into Bangladesh.

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