but were forced to flee by the officers who received help from another regiment. A mine attack on a police vehicle traveling between villages of Muangdaw Township was conducted by ARSA on 22 April according to the Tatmadaw, injuring its driver. Two security personnel were killed in an ambush of a border outpost by unknown gunmen from across Bangladesh on 7 July. Brig. Gen. Zaw Min Tun told Radio Free Asia that the area from where the attack occurred was controlled by ARSA and the group was suspected. Two ARSA members were killed and three arrested on 21 November in Muangdaw, according to the Tatmadaw. 2020 A sub-lieutenant of the Tatmadaw and three civilian contractors were killed in March 2020, after their vehicle transporting materials for building a border fence hit an ARSA mine. Two people were killed and three injured after ARSA exploded motoborikes of 12 Daingnets and shot at them near Bawtala Village in Maungdaw Township on 30 March, according to the state media. The Tatmadaw stated that it had seized ammunition and military equipment from an ARSA camp in the village of Kha Maung Seik on 8 April. Later, it stated that two policemen were killed in the village after being ambushed by the group on 15 April. Two members of the group were found dead with improvised landmines on 29 April according to it. A Border Guard Police unit was attacked by ARSA insurgents near the Bangladesh–Myanmar border on 2 May according to Myawady Daily, injuring two officers. According to the military, the insurgents retreated after it arrived to assist the police force. Two alleged ARSA insurgents were killed in a confrontation with Myanmar security forces at the Bangladesh–Myanmar border on 4 June near Mee Dike village, according to the Tatmadaw, which stated that around 30 insurgents opened fire on a routine border patrol by the border police and retreated after 30 minutes of fighting. Some policemen were also injured per the military. Three residents of Khayay Myaing village were killed and six others wounded when their vehicle struck a mine in Maungdaw Township on 17 November. Maungdaw District administrator Soe Aung stated that the government believed that ARSA was behind the blast. 2021–2022 The Rohingya Solidarity Organization (RSO) claimed to have killed 22 Myanmar Army soldiers on 30 March 2021 after attacking a military camp in Rakhine State. The RSO re-emerged amidst the clashes in