Karen guerillas inflict severe casualties on Myanmar troops
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Kolkata, May 15 : More than 250 Burmese troops have perished in a week of fighting with the Karen ethnic rebels in a considerable setback in an area earmarked for regrouping by the Burmese urban rebel recruits.
The fighting has intensified this month after the Myanmar army launched an offensive against the bases of the Karen National Union (KNU) after receiving information that they were training and arming ethnic Burmese volunteers to raise urban insurgent units.
Hundreds have joined these outfits, among them Burmese beauty queen Htar Htet.
Nearly 200 Myanmar Troops Killed in Clashes With Karen Forces
Nearly 200 Myanmar Troops Killed in Clashes With Karen Forces
Karen National Liberation Army says its attacks are to show support for the National Unity Government.
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By The Irrawaddy 6 May 2021
Nearly 200 Myanmar military troops, including a colonel and a lieutenant colonel, were killed in clashes between the regime’s troops and the military wing of the Karen National Union (KNU) in Karen State.
Military tension has risen in Hpapun area, Shwe Kyin and Thaton Districts, in Karen and Bago regions after the military wing of the KNU, Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) Brigade 5 seized an outpost near the Salween River in Thi Mu Hta held by the military’s Light Infantry Division 349 on March 27.