12 September 2017

News Story: 5 arrested for violence in central Myanmar

YANGON, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- At least five people have been arrested by the authorities for involvement in Sunday night's violence in Taungdwingyi, Myanmar's central Magway region.

A statement from the government's Information Committee said on Monday that the five confessed that they committed the crime for dissatisfaction with the extremist terrorists' attacks in the northern Rakhine state.

It said an investigation was underway to expose the remaining perpetrators.

Read the full story at Xinhua