YANGON: The bullet-riddled body of a Myanmar policeman was found in northern Rakhine state, government media announced, as tensions rise in the hotspot where the Rohingya crisis erupted last year.
The western territory is a tinderbox of ethnic and religious divisions and security forces have clashed with both Rohingya insurgents and much better armed Rakhine fighters from the mostly Buddhist Arakan Army.
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