
Myanmar's Karen ethnic minority rebels launch anti-government offensive to seize town
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Karen ethnic minority rebels from Myanmar are launching an anti-government offensive in an effort to seize the town of Kawkareik in the Kayin state.
They announced they had attacked military targets, administrative offices, government personnel housing and police stations.
Government forces responded with aerial bombardments and shelling.
Two of the attacking rebel groups, Lion Battalion Commando and Albino Tiger Battalion-1, announced on Facebook that the alliance launched the offensive to seize the town, and that by the afternoon it had been surrounded and was being patrolled by the joint rebel force.
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