The Arakan Army (AA) claims that it has successfully occupied a military base in northern Maungdaw of Arakan (Rakhine) State near the Bangladesh border.

An AA press statement said that camp belonging to battalion number 352, which is located about three kilometers southeast of Long Dom (Mro Ethnic village), was captured by their armed members on Saturday.

The camp, built on Gopi mountain Passe between Maungdaw and Buthidaung, is identified as a strategically important stronghold of military junta forces.

The AA members attacked the camp by 6 :17 am and it was successfully captured by 7:22 am.

A number of soldiers were killed in the battle. Many sustained injuries and some of them surrendered to the AA. A large volume of weapons and ammunition were also seized by AA members.

The junta forces attacked AA fighters by the helicopters and jet fighters, but finally they gave up the base.

On 31 August, the AA members captured a military base near milepost number 40 on the Arakan -Bangladesh border. The military council later officially announced that they are trying to recapture it.

The junta forces are facing attacks in various places of Arakan (Rakhine) and Paletwa township of Chin State for over a week.