Myanmar says 9 police killed in Arakan Army attack

YANON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s Information Ministry says nine policemen were killed in an attack in the western state of Rakhine by the increasingly active Arakan Army rebel group.
The ministry’s website said 60 Arakan Army insurgents on Saturday night attacked the police post, which was safeguarding question and answer sheets from the national high school matriculation examination.
The Arakan Army, which is aligned with Rakhine’s Buddhist population, seeks autonomy for