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In the early hours of Friday, Myanmar junta makes launched an attack on a rebel-held village in Shan position on the borders with China, killing 11 people and injuring 11 others.
A citizen who wished to remain anonymous for fear of reprisals claimed that a military aircraft dropped two explosives near the evening market in the city of Namhkan.
” At 1 a. m. the weapons fell to the northeast of the Pawng Pwe day business. Approximately six buildings were hit”, he said. ” A infant and a pregnant female were killed, whole people were killed”.
Khun Thein Maung, the spokesperson for Shan country’s coup, called to inquire about the affair, but he did not return calls.
People said five women, four men, a four-year-old son and a kid lady were killed. Residents shared a picture with RFA that shows people scavenging through rubble to find dead bodies.
The racial minority Ta’ang National Liberation Army, or TNLA, a group of insurgents that has been fighting junta forces for the first time since late last year, is in charge of Namhkan, a border business community.
China has mediated two briefed truces and has taken legal action to protect its financial interests in Myanmar. Lately, China has been pressing the TNLA to consent to peace, rebel sources said.
The TNLA and its supporters in pro-democracy Women’s Security Troops have this time attacked and captured Nawnghkio, Kyaukme, Hsipaw and Mongmit cities in Shan state and Mandalay country’s Mogoke area.
A coup strike on Hsipaw city in northern Shan state on September 4 left four people dead and four injured in the attack.
At least nine people were killed by an attack on a tent for the internally displaced in southern Shan condition on Thursday, according to Banyar Khun Aung, a evil director of the anti-junta Karenni State Interim Executive Council.
” The plane dropped the bomb at around 10 p. m .”, he said. ” Nine bodies were found, including seven children and two girls. Additionally, there were numerous wounded and missing persons. A professor was among the deceased.
Two people in their 40s and two kids and five girls between the ages of 10 and 13 were the victims, he added.
More than 1, 000 people have been displaced by the battle, according to residents of the Pekon town area, including about 600 children, who are reportedly sheltered there.
