Clashes in northern Myanmar town enter second day
The Hindu
Myanmar ethnic armed group clashes with junta troops in Shan state, leaving two civilians dead, breaching China-brokered ceasefire.
A Myanmar ethnic armed group clashed with junta troops for a second day in northern Shan state, residents and media said on June 26, with two civilians reported killed in the renewed fighting.
The Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) on Tuesday launched dawn attacks on military positions in the town of Kyaukme, which sits on a vital trade route to China.
The attacks were the latest breach of a China-brokered ceasefire that ended weeks of fighting in Shan state between the military and the TNLA and two other allied ethnic armed groups.
The TNLA attacked a police station in Kyaukme on Wednesday morning, a local rescue worker said, asking for anonymity for security reasons.
"People who live in downtown do not dare to walk out of their homes," they said.
Another rescue worker said two civilians were killed and two wounded by artillery shelling on Tuesday, without specifying from which side.
The TNLA said it had clashed with the military on Tuesday in Naungcho and Hsipaw townships and in the ruby mining hub of Mogok in neighbouring Mandalay region.
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