YANGON, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's security forces have discovered some hidden tents of violent armed attackers in Mayu mountain range in northern Rakhine state's Buthidaung-Maungtaw area, Myanmar News Agency reported Tuesday.
Along with some construction materials, food and utensils, the hidden tents were found in the weekend during a search for a villager from Yathedaung township who was reported missing in the mountain range.
Last week, some 31 suspects were rounded up by the Myanmar security forces in Maungtaw township for holding a secret meeting in Kyauk Hlaykha village to plot terrorist acts.
A spate of violence occurred in Buthidaung and Maungtaw from last October to July with at least 44 civilians being killed and 27 others kidnapped by masked armed men.
Myanmar security forces have been put on high alert in Maungtaw following the incidents.
The killing has prompted nearly hundreds of local ethnic Rakhine villagers to flee the area.
