Myanmar's border guard police and military personnel were attacked by the Arakan Army (AA) over two days, leaving casualties in Rathedaung township of Rakhine state, Xinhua reported quoting a military official.

"The members of AA fired on a border guard police force two times on Aug. 2, killing three police while the group also attacked a joint police force comprising of members of border guard police force, military and immigration department on Aug. 3," said Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun, secretary of the Military True News Information Team.

Members of the AA attacked border guard police on Mayyu mountain range in Rathedaung township twice on Sunday, and the military carried out counter-terrorism operations while the attack on the joint police force including staff from the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population on Monday left some casualties and some went missing, the official said.