Both the military and Arakan Army accused each other of planting the mine. Three civilians were killed and 30 injured in villages of Mrauk U and Kyauktaw townships due to attacks on 13 March blamed on the army by their residents. The villagers stated that the attacks came in reprisal due to an ambush by the Arakan Army. On 1 April, five civilians were killed and seen injured in attacks blamed on the military by some residents. 18 villagers were abducted from the villages of Tin Ma Thit and Tin Ma Gyi in Kyauktaw Township by the Tatmadaw on 16 March, for aiding the Arakan Army, according to eyewitnesses. The body of one of the villagers was found the next day with bullet wounds. The police agreed to take up their case in December 2020, after their families demanded to know what had happened to the others for over nine months. Eight civilians were killed by shelling on the Kyauk Seik village of Ponnagyun Township on 13 April, blamed on the military by both the villagers and the Arakan Army. Villagers of Kyauktaw Township accused the Tatmadaw of killing a civilian and injuring 13 others in shooting while targeting rebels on 16 April. A driver working for the World Health Organization was killed in a mine attack while a government health worker was injured in an attack on their vehicle on 20 April; the military and Arakan Army blamed each other for the incidents. Four civilians were killed in Paletwa Township on 22 April due to shelling. The Tatmadaw blamed the Arakan Army, while the group blamed the military. Witnesses also reported that the Tatmadaw killed four people in Minbya Township. The military claimed that two of them were Arakan Army members who were shot while trying to flee. A mine blast killed 2 Rohingya children and wounded another on 13 May, with both the Arakan Army and Tatmadaw accusing each other. Eyewitnesses reported deaths of two villagers and injury to three others in the army's attack on Chein Hkali village of Rathedaung township during the clashes the lasted from 12 to 13 July. Rakhine Ethnic Congress' secretary Zaw Zaw Tun said that over 180 people had been killed since the start of clashes with AA. According to Radio Free Asia in August 2020, 274 had been killed. Tatmadaw was accused of killing two civilians of Kyauktaw township during 26–27