Myanmar security forces arrested on Thursday one of the main leaders of the campaign against military rule after driving into him with a car as he led a motorbike protest rally, friends and colleagues said.

Myanmar security forces arrest prominent leader of campaign against coup

Myanmar security forces shot dead at least six people in the troubled western state of Rakhine on Thursday, after soldiers and police detained hundreds of people at a school, a military spokesman said.

Myanmar troops kill six, detain scores in Rakhine over suspected rebel links: Military spokesman

Action will be taken against 10 members of Myanmar`s security forces in connection with the killing of captured Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state

Myanmar says soldiers, police facing action over village killings