Post by DavidH on Mar 6, 2017 13:08:05 GMT
30 dead as intense fighting breaks out in Myanmar-China border town
At least 30 people were killed today in a day of intense fighting in a town on Myanmar’s border with China, authorities said, after rebels dressed in police uniforms launched a surprise raid.
Artillery and small arms fire continued throughout the day in Laukkai, a main town in the Kokang region of the northeastern state of Shan.
The clashes are some of the worst to break out in the Chinese-speaking Kokang region since fighting in 2015 left scores dead and forced tens of thousands to flee across the border into China.
Rebels from the Myanmar Nationalities Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) launched an attack early today against police and military posts, according to Suu Kyi’s office.
www.themalaymailonline.com/world/article/myanmar-army-accuses-rebels-of-deadly-kokang-attack#sthash.nnlwvgca.dpuf
At least 30 people were killed today in a day of intense fighting in a town on Myanmar’s border with China, authorities said, after rebels dressed in police uniforms launched a surprise raid.
Artillery and small arms fire continued throughout the day in Laukkai, a main town in the Kokang region of the northeastern state of Shan.
The clashes are some of the worst to break out in the Chinese-speaking Kokang region since fighting in 2015 left scores dead and forced tens of thousands to flee across the border into China.
Rebels from the Myanmar Nationalities Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) launched an attack early today against police and military posts, according to Suu Kyi’s office.
www.themalaymailonline.com/world/article/myanmar-army-accuses-rebels-of-deadly-kokang-attack#sthash.nnlwvgca.dpuf