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Myanmar’s Rohingya insurgency has links to Saudi, Pakistan - report

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DAILY MAIL, 15th DECEMBER, 2016-A group of Rohingya Muslims that attacked Myanmar border guards in October is headed by people with links to Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, the International Crisis Group (ICG) said on Thursday, citing members of the group.


The coordinated attacks on Oct. 9 killed nine policemen, and sparked a crackdown by security forces in the Muslim-majority north of Rakhine State in the country’s northwest.