8 police officers and an immigration officer were killed during a series of coordinated attacks on police in Western Rakhine state in Myanmar, said on Friday the power.

The Committee said at least 20 policemen were injured. Authorities claimed that about 150 militants tried to storm the base, but "the soldiers fought back". "Fighting continues in some places, and the combined forces of Tatmadaw (the Myanmar armed forces) and police forces still lead the attack on extremist terrorists," said the Committee.

Violence erupted a few hours after the long-awaited release of the report with reference to the Advisory Commission on the Rakhine state led by former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan. The report warned that the unrest in the state can get out of control if in the near future will lead to concrete actions. "Tensions remain high, and things could get much worse," said Annan.

The insurgent group known as the salvation Army and the Arakan Rohingya, previously known as Harakat al-Yakin, or the "faith Movement" has claimed responsibility for the attack. In Rakhine state, home to a community of Rohingyas of Myanmar, ethnic Muslims who have long suffered persecution in the country with a Buddhist majority, especially from Buddhist extremists in the country.

Rohingya are not officially recognized as citizens - the government of Myanmar does not even use the term Rohingya, referring to the group as "illegal immigrants" from neighboring Bangladesh, a country with a Muslim majority.
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