At least 71 people have been killed in the latest fighting between Rohingya militants and Myanmar security forces in the country's Rakhine state, the office of de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Friday.

In an updated toll, the State Counsellor's office said 12 security officials had been killed and that "59 dead bodies of extremist Bengali terrorists" had been found -- the phrase Myanmar authorities use to describe Rohingya militants.