BANGKOK (AP) – Guerrilla soldiers from Myanmar’s Karen ethnic minority burned down a government military outpost late Friday after capturing it without a fight when its garrison fled, a senior Karen officer said. The position is approximately 15 kilometres from a larger camp that the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) stormed and burned 10 days […]
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.