Three border guards and one civilian were killed while four other police personnel and one civilian were injured in an ambush by the Arakan Army (AA) in Myanmar's Rakhine state, a military's spokesperson told Xinhua on Tuesday.

The attack was launched in Rathedaung township in the state on Monday evening.

The border guard force received a tip-off that the AA would destroy communication channels being used by local people on Maungtaw-Angumaw road, said Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun, secretary of Military True News Information Team.

Police personnel and members of border guard force were ambushed near Kotankauk village, on the way to perform security operation at the scene.