[90] Rakhine State police chief Sein Lwin announced on 27 June that security forces were on "high alert" after "masked assailants" killed several local administrators close to the Burmese government in the days prior.

[91] A week later on 4 July, a mob of at least a hundred Rakhine Buddhists in Sittwe attacked seven Rohingya men from Dapaing camp for internally displaced persons with bricks,[92] killing one and severely injuring another.

[107] Myanmar's civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, sharply criticised the insurgent Rohingya attacks as an attempt to undermine others' efforts to "build peace and harmony in Rakhine state.

The report noted that the 33rd and 99th Light Infantry Divisions, known for committing abuses in the past, were sent to Rakhine State only weeks before the attacks happened, suggesting that the ensuing military crackdown was planned in advance.

[181][183] ARSA started re-emerging in Maungdaw District around November 2021, after allying with the National Unity Government formed in opposition to the military junta that took power after the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.

[188][189] On 12 April, clashes broke out between the Arakan Army and the junta-supported fighters of ARSA based in U Hla Hpay, Ywet Nyo Taung and Kun Taing villages of Buthidaung Township.

[196] The government-owned Global New Light of Myanmar reported on 1 January that 30 insurgents of the Arakan Army had attacked members of the Border Guard Police (BGP) that day in Bathidaung Township's Saytaung village, leaving one policeman gravely wounded.

[197] On 4 January, around 300 members of the Arakan Army launched pre-dawn attacks on four border police outposts—Kyaung Taung, Nga Myin Taw, Ka Htee La and Kone Myint—in northern Buthidaung Township.

[204] Immediately after the initial attacks, the Rakhine State government issued a notice blocking non-governmental organisations and UN agencies, except for the International Committee of the Red Cross and the World Food Programme, from travelling to rural areas in these townships affected by the conflict.

[240] A military column on the outskirts of Ponnagyun Township was attacked by the Arakan Army with a remotely detonated mine on 2 June according to the Tatmadaw, leading to the death of a civilian and an unknown number of soldiers.

[253] Chin State's Municipal Minister Soe Htet and eleven government officials accompanying him were caught in an attack by the Arakan Army on 9 September, forcing them to return to Paletwa.

[260] The Arakan Army announced a unilateral ceasefire in late November so that voting for the 2020 general election, which had earlier been cancelled in nine townships in northern Rakhine State, could be held by the end of the year.

[264] The State Administration Council military junta installed following the February 2021 coup d'état removed the Arakan Army from Myanmar's list of terrorist groups on 11 March, citing the organisation's decision in late 2020 to halt its attacks and in order to encourage peace.

[272] Pe Than, a former MP of the Pyithu Hluttaw from Myebon Township, told Radio Free Asia in September 2021 that the Arakan Army controlled 80% of the region while the junta's administrative system had collapsed.

[366][367] Anti-junta groups Chin Defense Force (Asho) and People's Revolution Alliance (Magway) meanwhile started clashing with the Tatmadaw on the Ann-Padan Road along the border between Rakhine and Magwe Region, in order to prevent the junta troops from reinforcing their compatriots.

[407] The Rakhine Ethnic Congress that the number of internally displaced people due to the fighting between the Tatmadaw and Arakan Army reached 234,915 by early November 2020, when the ceasefire between both sides took effect.

[412] Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmud Ali met with Myanmar officials on 2 October 2017, later stating after their meeting that both countries had agreed on a "joint working group" for the repatriation of Rohingya refugees who had fled to Bangladesh.

[414] Bangladesh's Foreign Minister stated that a joint working group composed of UNHCR and members of both nations was to be established within three weeks to fix the final terms for the beginning of the process.

[431] Bangladesh's foreign secretary Shahidul Haque told the United Nations Security Council on 28 February 2019 that no Rohingya refugee had agreed to return to Myanmar due to the non-guarantee of a safe and conducive environment.

An Agence France-Presse reporter counted more than a dozen mortar shells and several heavy machine gun rounds fired by Burmese security forces on fleeing Rohingyas.

A video provided to ABC News by a human rights monitor purportedly showed the village burning and in another clip of freshly dug earth mound, allegedly graves of those killed.

[456] Human Rights Watch in December 2017 accused the military of killing several hundred villagers of Tula Toli and burning the bodies of victims in pits to destroy evidence.

[493] Amnesty International said on 12 October that it had received reports of two men being killed after being detained in Hpa Yar Paung village in Kyauktaw Township on 3 September and images of MM2 landmines, regularly used by Tatmadaw, being planted in civilian areas.

[150] Amnesty International released a report on 11 March 2018, documenting the bulldozing of intact structures in Rohingya villages and the removal of charred homes by security forces to make way for military bases.

In a United Nations Security Council meeting, human rights activist Razia Sultana told a panel about the sexual violence in the conflict, based on research and interviews with Rohingyas she had conducted.

[77][564][565][53] Amnesty International's Regional Director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, James Gomez, said on 19 October 2017: "Aung San Suu Kyi today demonstrated that she and her government are still burying their heads in the sand over the horrors unfolding in Rakhine State.

"[572] On 28 September 2018, the UNHCR voted to establish an international body to gather evidence of alleged atrocities committed by Myanmar's security forces and prepare files for future independent criminal proceedings.

The Eleven Media Group published an article showing burnt Rohingya homes in Ka Nyin Tan, with government spokesman Zaw Htay tweeting a link to it with the caption "Photos of Bengalis setting fire to their houses!"

[111] Aung San Suu Kyi was initially backed by the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi; however, the government of India quickly urged "restraint" in the "anti-terrorism" operations.

[610][611] Following the deaths of over a thousand civilians in the ensuing violence and the exodus of over 350,000 Rohingya refugees, the office of the President of Myanmar announced on 12 September that it had formed a new 15-member committee to implement the recommendations of the Rakhine Commission.