Burma-Myanmar: Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) soldiers and Government troops fight in northern Karen State
The Karen National Liberation Army 2nd Brigade based in the Taungoo District confirmed to Karen News that a small firefight between its solders and the government troops happened on April 20.
Lieutenant Saw Prah, company commander of the KNLA 2nd Brigade’s security force told Karen News that the fighting was between his soldiers and the Burma Army’s Infantry Battalion 589 from the Kyaukgyi-based Tactical Command 3 under its Southern Military Command at an area near Tha Byay Nyunt village in Baw Gali sub-township in Thaundaung Township.
The KNLA’s Lieutenant Saw Prah blamed the government troop for crossing the agreed-on permitted line.