On 25 August 2017 , the group claimed responsibility for coordinated attacks on police posts and an attempted raid on an army base . The government announced a death toll of 77 Rohingya insurgents and 12 security forces in northern Maungdaw following the attacks . The government stated that they had attacked a police station in the Maungdaw District with a handmade bomb alongside the coordinated attacks on several police posts . ARSA claimed they were taking " defensive actions " in 25 different locations and accused government soldiers of raping and killing civilians . The group also claimed that Rathedaung had been under a blockade for more than two weeks , starving the Rohingya , and that the government forces were preparing to do the same in Maungdaw . Over 4,000 ethnic Rakhines fled their villages on 26 August 2017 , as fighting between ARSA and the Tatmadaw escalated . ARSA was also blamed for the Kha Maung Seik massacre on the same day by the Myanmar Army
Kha Maung Seik massacre
Kha Maung Seik massacre
Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army