YANGON, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- A total of 26,747 ethnic people have been evacuated to safe places in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state due to terrorist attacks since Aug. 25, the government's Information Committee said on Wednesday.
From Aug, 25 to Sept. 5, 97 terrorist attacks launched by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) extremist terrorists killed 36 people, including 13 security force members, two government service personnel and 21 ethnic people, and injured 22 others.
A total of 59 villages and 6,842 houses were burnt down by the extremist terrorists with eight bridges being destroyed by planted mines.
At least 371 terrorist bodies were found.
The security forces were evacuating more civilians and providing medical care and treatment to them, the Information Committee said.
Meanwhile, Myanmar authorities called for cooperation with the government in its efforts to maintain peace and stability across the country.
