More than 90 soldiers from  Ta Man Thar borderguard outpost in northern Maungdaw surrendered to the Arakan Army (AA) after it was captured by theAA fighters.

According to a reliable source, the AA fighterstargeted the outpost and soon  40 soldiers led by its commander fled withweapons. Out of them, 29 were captured alive, while the rest died.

"Over 90 soldiers from the outpost surrendered ataround 12 pm on 25 March,” added the source.

Ta Man Thar consists of around 20 houses in the eastand 40 in the west Rakhine villages. It’s  located nine miles away fromKyein Chaung in northern Maungdaw. The villagers had already fled their placesbefore the fighting began.

In its  24 March statement, the AA revealed itsoffensive against the outpost. The AA fighters   chased down andeliminated many junta soldiers who fled from the outpost. They also found over20 bodies along with arms & ammunition.

The AA captured  Yan Aung Myin outpost innorthern Maungdaw on 23 March, where they recovered the bodies of juntasoldiers and also seized military equipment, weapons and ammunition. Theoutpost is situated to the west of Kyein Chaung.

The  AA fighters are currently launching anoffensive against Kyein Chaung outpost, which has been partially captured,added the statement.