YANGON, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Four detainees have claimed that they were forced to undergo terrorist training and then join the Oct. 9 attack on three border posts in Maungtaw, Myanmar's western Rakhine state, setting fire to their own villages, the newly-formed Information Committee of the State Counselor's Office said on Friday.
The detainees, suspected of being involved in the deadly border post attacks and arrested during a recent clearance operation by the government troops, made the claim when interrogated by the authorities.
The detainees revealed a systematic recruitment of members of the Muslim community in the state by foreign extremists that was carried out by the intimidation and the threat of execution.
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