Burma-Myanmar: Burma army clashes with KIO forces and its allies in Shan State
Troops from Burma’s armed forces and those from the Federal Union Army (FUA), an alliance backed by the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), engaged in repeated clashes in northeast Shan state earlier this month. The clashes began on October 15th and lasted for several days.
The clashes between government forces and FUA troops, who are officially under the command of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), continued in the Mung Ji area of eastern Tamonye township, Shan state, according to Zau Seng, a Kachin Baptist pastor who lives nearby.
“The clashes were in the Mung Ji area. Government forces were from Brigades 11 and 55,” Zau Seng told the Kachin News Group (KNG) during a phone interview.
The clashes resulted in three civilians being shot and wounded, according to the pastor. One of the wounded civilians was sent to Tamonye hospital while two others were sent Kutkai township hospital via Tamonye, he said.
Kachin Independence Army (KIA) brigade’s No.4 and their allies from the Myanmar National Democracy Alliance Army (a faction affiliated with deposed MNDAA leadership in Kokang) and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) were engaged in repeated clashes with government forces beginning on October 15thaccording to Major Zau Maw, an official from KIA 4th Brigade.