YANGON, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- The number of displaced people has risen to 30,200 due to recent series of extremist terrorist attacks in Maungtaw, Myanmar's northern Rakhine state, the Information Committee of the government said on Friday.
From Aug, 25 to Sept. 4, residents from Taungpyo, Letwe, Kwuntheepin, Thechaung and Meetaik areas in Maungtaw district fled to border areas for refuge and camped along the Myanmar side of the border.
Earlier reports said 97 terrorist attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) occurred during the period, killing 36 people including 13 security force members, two government service personnel and 21 ethnic people and injuring 22.
A total of 59 villages and 6,842 houses were also burnt down by the extremist terrorist with eight bridges being destroyed by planted mines, the reports said.
A total of 371 terrorist bodies were claimed.
At present, the security forces are evacuating more civilians to safer places and providing medical care and treatment to them.
Meanwhile, the authorities called for cooperation with the government in its efforts to maintain peace and stability across the country.
