Burma-Myanmar: 4 ethnic armed groups launched joint offensive in Shan State
Ethnic armed groups launched three attacks on Burma Army and police posts in northern Shan State’s Muse Township early Sunday morning.
Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) secretary Col. Tar Bong Kyaw told The Irrawaddy on Sunday that two TNLA battalions under Brigade 5 attacked border police and Burma Army posts in Muse Economic Zone and that five police were wounded and guns were seized.
“Our troops continue to attack other Burma Army bases there,” he said.
A joint force of Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and Arakan Army (AA) troops attacked at Mong Ko town at 3 a.m. and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) attacked at Juku Pang Sai at 6 a.m., he said.