Ethnic Kachin Armed Group Launches Multiple Attacks on Myanmar Military

Ethnic Kachin Armed Group Launches Multiple Attacks on Myanmar Military
KIA fighters. / The Irrawaddy
By The Irrawaddy 20 April 2021
Ethnic armed group the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) attacked a police outpost in Maden Yang village in Lone Khin village-tract in Kachin State’s Hpakant Township around 7pm Monday. The number of casualties is still unknown.
“We heard gunfire and explosions until 9pm. Locals are planning to flee from their homes as gunfire has been heard every night recently,” said a local resident.
The KIA’s Battalion 6 has been attacking outposts of the Myanmar military’s Division 33 in Hpakant Township. On Sunday night and Monday morning, it attacked two military outposts near Gensi village in Lone Khin village-tract and Aungbarlay village, according to local residents.

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