Myanmar s brutal army, or the Tatmadaw, has pounded the Mindat town in the country s Chin state bordering India s Mizoram state with artillery fire in an unusual escalation of repression.A locally raised civilian resistance group, Mindat .
Civilian Fighters Killed; Shootouts Continue Amid Martial Law in Myanmar’s Chin State
Mindat town in Chin State
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By The Irrawaddy 14 May 2021
Ignoring a declaration of martial law, Chin State’s civilian resistance forces engaged in intensive shootouts with junta troops in the mountainous town Mindat on Friday. Two more members of the civilian resistance forces were killed in the fighting.
“Two of our members died in the shootouts at the east side of the town. One was killed by an artillery shell and another was shot dead by a junta sniper,” a member of Mindat Defense Force said.
ChinTeenager Killed as Myanmar Regime Bombards Resistance Town
Junta soldiers at the Public Health Department at Mindat. / CJ
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By The Irrawaddy 13 May 2021
An ethnically Chin teenager was killed and six other members of Chin State’s civilian resistance forces opposing Myanmar’s regime were injured by junta artillery in Mindat on Thursday.
Fighting between junta troops and the civilian resistance in Mindat started on Wednesday night after a ceasefire broke down.
Since about 6am on Thursday, civilians in Mindat have been attacked with artillery based in Kyaukhtu, Magwe Region, 33km to the east, according to a resistance fighter.
“A 17-year-old was killed. They are still firing on us from Kyaukhtu. About six others were injured,” a member of Mindat Defense Force, a civilian defense group fighting the junta, told The Irrawaddy.