Residents of the Burma border town of Myawaddy told
Karen News that fighting broke out at Aung Shwe Bo section between government soldiers and Karen armed groups.
A woman resident said, “fighting took place at Aung Shwe Bo section where both the Burma Army and BGF [Border Guard Force] are based. [Burma] army had now shut down all road access during the day time.”
Residents said that the fighting broke out after mortar shells were launched into the Aung Shwe Bo area – where the government troops and its militias, the BGF have army camps.
At the time of writing,
Karen News is led to understand that it has not been confirmed which Karen armed group had fired the mortar shells.