ARSA Militants Gun Down Civilian in Maungdaw Township
A Rakhine civilian was killed in northern Maungdaw Township, Rakhine State, after being ambushed by members of the militant Islamist group ARSA (Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army), according to local sources.
The victim, identified as Ko Kyaw Soe Win (25) from Pyin Sha Village, Buthidaung Township, had been working temporarily in Nanthataung Village. The attack occurred at around 8:00 a.m. on October 21, while he and a friend were traveling by motorcycle toward Tharyar Kone Village.
“Just minutes after leaving Nanthataung, as they neared Tharyar Kone, ARSA militants opened fire,” a local witness told AB News. “Ko Kyaw Soe Win was struck in the chest and abdomen and died instantly at the scene.”
His companion managed to escape with injuries, according to reports from villagers in the area.
The attack marks another violent incident in a growing pattern of ARSA assaults on Rakhine civilians traveling through northern Maungdaw. Earlier this month, on October 11, three motorcycle couriers delivering goods near Laeprakhwar Junction were ambushed, leaving one dead. Similarly, on October 15, ARSA militants used landmines against three villagers from Aung Tharyar returning from Taung Pyo Market, critically injuring one man.
The Bangladesh-based extremist group continues to carry out cross-border ambushes and targeted attacks along the Kyain Chaung–Taung Pyo/Nanthataung road corridor, terrorizing civilians and disrupting local livelihoods.
According to AB News monitoring, at least 40 civilians have been killed and more than 15 others injured in ARSA’s armed assaults across Maungdaw and Buthidaung townships between May 2024 and October 2025 — reflecting the ongoing instability and threat faced by local residents in the region.
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