Junta soldiers and police reportedly detained two residents of Gutar Ward in Taungup, Arakan State, on Friday afternoon.

A Muslim man and woman were injured by a junta artillery strike in Thabeik Taung (North) Village, Buthidaung Township.

Four local men including an officer from the Department of Fisheries in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township were arrested this week by the Myanmar military and are facing criminal charges, according to residents.

Myanmar’s military regime has been restricting the supply of medicines from Yangon to Arakan State, according to pharmaceutical companies and representatives, and healthcare workers.

More than 800 Muslims have been displaced by junta artillery strikes that followed fighting with the Arakan Army (AA) in Arakan State’s Buthidaung Township since September 23.

Two passengers were reportedly injured after a commercial passenger plane was shot at while landing at an airport in Loikaw, Kayah State, on September 30.

An 18-year-old man from Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township who lost both legs in a landmine blast reportedly succumbed to his injuries on Thursday night.

The reproduction of used paper into raw tissue is taking place in Mingan Ward of the Arakan State capital Sittwe.

At least six civilians have been killed and 23 others wounded in shellings amid renewed fighting between the Myanmar military and Arakan Army in Arakan State since August.

The Arakan National Party (ANP) has condemned the Myanmar military for recent artillery attacks that have resulted in civilian casualties and damage to several houses in Arakan State. 

The Arakan Army (AA) ambushed a junta food convoy at the border of Ponnagyun and Kyauktaw townships on Thursday morning.

A doctor from Myebon Township, Arakan State, who was detained by the military regime on Tuesday remains in military custody and his whereabouts are still unknown, according to family members and sources close to Dr. Win Naing Soe.

Two girls were injured after an artillery shell fell and exploded in Moung Swel Village, part of Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township, at about 2 p.m. on Thursday, according to locals.

Several youths in rural parts of Tanintharyi Region’s Yebyu Township have been arrested by the Myanmar military since September 27, locals said.

Thousands of residents in Chaungzon Village in Kayin State were reportedly forced to flee heavy weapons fire after a clash broke out at a security checkpoint set up by the Border Guard Force (BGF) in Phayartaung Village on Wednesday.

The number of junta soldiers who have joined the Arakan People’s Authority and the Arakan Army (AA), along with the tally of captured military council deserters, has reached more than 150, the ethnic armed organisation said in a statement on September 28. 

The Myanmar military ordered the removal of some 70 houses from Jaing Thar Village in Arakan State’s Thandwe Township on Wednesday, saying the village was built on military-owned land.

More than 500 children were among thousands of people displaced by fighting in Moebye Township, southern Shan State, and food and medicine are needed for them, according to aid workers.

Six houses in Mingan Ward of the Arakan State capital Sittwe were forced to be set 10 feet back by the Myanmar military’s Light Infantry Battalion No. 354, which claimed that the houses were encroaching into the battalion’s territory, according to house owners.