Karen guerrillas seize second Myanmar army base 1 minute read
Bangkok Desk, May 7 (EFE).- Rebel guerrillas in eastern Myanmar seized a military base on Friday amid increased fighting between the army and ethnic armed groups.
It is the second time the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) has taken over a Burmese army post in the last 10 days.
The attack came days after the army, which seized power in a coup on February 1, suffered several casualties in clashes with two so-called Northern Alliance guerrillas in northeastern Shan state.
The KNLA guerrillas on Friday occupied the Myanmar army base of Eu Thu Hta in Kayin state, on to the Thai border, and seized ammunition, including mortar shells, in an offensive aided by the Arakan Army (AA), according to local media outlet, the Irrawaddy.
Fighters from Myanmar’s Karen ethnic minority have burned down a government military outpost after capturing it without a fight when its garrison fled, a senior Karen officer said.
The position is about nine miles from a larger camp which the Karen National Liberation Army stormed and burned 10 days earlier.
The KNLA is the armed wing of the Karen National Union, the main political organisation representing the Karen minority, whose homeland is in eastern Myanmar.
The Karen and the Kachin in northern Myanmar are the two major ethnic armed organisations that have allied themselves with the movement against the junta that took power in Myanmar after the army ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February.
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Myanmar s Karen insurgents burn another government military outpost
A Karen National Liberation Army soldier stands next to a cache of mortar shells found at a Myanmar military outpost on May 7, 2021, in Mutraw district, Karen State, Myanmar. (Photo: Karen National Liberation Army via AP)
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BANGKOK: Guerrilla soldiers from Myanmar’s Karen ethnic minority burned down a government military outpost on Friday (May 7) after capturing it without a fight when its garrison fled, a senior Karen officer said.
The position is about 15km from a larger camp that the Karen National Liberation Army stormed and burned 10 days earlier. The KNLA is the armed wing of the Karen National Union, the main political organisation representing the Karen minority, whose homeland is in eastern Myanmar.
Published on: Thursday, May 06, 2021
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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.