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(Reuters) -Myanmar s army battled local militia fighters in the northwestern town of Mindat on Saturday, residents said, to try to quell a rebellion that has sprung up to oppose the junta which seized power in the Southeast Asian country in February. The fighting is some of the heaviest since the coup and underlines the growing chaos as the junta struggles to impose order in the face of daily protests, strikes and sabotage attacks after it overthrew elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. We are running for our lives, one resident told Reuters from Mindat, a hill town just over 100 km (60 miles) from the border with India. There are around 20,000 people trapped in town, most of them are kids, old people, the resident added. My friend s three nieces were hit by shrapnel. They are not even teens.” The junta imposed martial law in Mindat on Thursday and then stepped up attacks on what it called armed terrorists . A junta spokesman did not answer calls requesting comment on the fighting on Satu

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