On 19 July 1947 at approximately 10:37 AM (MMT), several Burmese independence leaders were gunned down by a group of armed men in uniform while they were holding a cabinet meeting at theSecretariat in downtown Rangoon (present-dayYangon).[6]
On 7 October 1999, members of theVigorous Burmese Student Warriors (VBSW) seized the Burmese embassy inBangkok,Thailand, in an event known as the1999 Myanmar Embassy siege. Hostages were taken by the VBSW, but all were released without harm after negotiations with Thai authorities. The attackers were later escorted back to Thailand's border with Myanmar.[5]
In October 2013, aseries of unexplained bombings occurred nationwide, resulting in the deaths of three people and multiple injuries.[13]
On 9 October 2016, hundreds of insurgentsattacked three Burmese border posts along Myanmar's border withBangladesh, killing nine Burmese border officers. The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (then known as "Harakah al-Yaqin") claimed responsibility for the attack, which the government labeled an act of terrorism.[14][15][16][17]
On 25 August 2017, up to 150 ARSA insurgents participated incoordinated attacks on 24 police posts and the 552nd Light Infantry Battalion army base inRakhine State. Twelve members of Myanmar's security forces were killed in the attacks, which the government labeled an act of terrorism.[18][19][20]
Kha Maung Seik massacre: On 25 August 2017, Hindu villages in an area known as Kha Maung Seik in the northernMaungdaw District of Rakhine State were attacked and 99Bengali Hindu villagers were massacred, allegedly by insurgents from the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army.[21][22] A month later, theMyanmar Army discovered mass graves containing the corpses of 45 Hindus, most of whom were women and children.[23][24]
