November 21, 2016
Northern Shan State
remained under attack yesterday, this time in Muse, near the Chinese border,
when two cars carrying philanthropic workers were attacked, causing one man to
be seriously injured.
At about 4pm yesterday,
an armed group identified by the government as a combined force of KIA, TNLA
and MNDAA opened fire on two automobiles owned by the Myittamon Philanthropic
team in Muse township and the Parami Civil Society as the cars headed to the
105 mile trade zone to help displaced people, according to the State
Counsellor’s Office Information Committee.
The philanthropic teams
left for the trade zone after they heard that there were displaced people in
Lwein village and nearby camps. On their way, KIA, TNLA & MNDAA began
shooting at the cars with light firearms from an uphill position, hitting Ko Ye
Min Aung, 23, in the chest. The vehicle did not proceed to the camp, but
instead returned to Muse hospital with the injured man on board.
It is reported that the
injured man is continuing to receive medical treatment at the hospital.
Yesterday’s 4pm attack came after Kutkai on Sunday endured repeated heavy
artillery fire in several attacks by the KIA, the TNLA and the MNDAA, resulting
in eight deaths and 29 injuries, according to the State Counsellor’s Office
Information Committee
The information committee said military outposts, police stations and a trade
centre came under surprised attack by armed groups consisting mostly of KIA and
TNLA troops, who also used vehicles along the Lashio-Muse Road and threatened
to destroy the bridge between Namtu and Manton with explosives. Casualities and
injuries were reported as a result of the attacks, but no statistics were
available, the committee said.
Early Sunday morning,
the Kyukoke (Pangsang) police outpost came under fire by about 50 KIA/TNLA
troops. Government troops made a clearance operation after the attack, the
committee said.
At about 4 pm
yesterday, KIA and TNLA troops fired three rounds using a 60mm long-range gun
mortar at the township of Kutkai. One mortar round pierced the roof of Daw
Gunkhaung’s house, but did not explode. Other rounds exploded but did not
result in any deaths, officials said.
Government troops
pursued the armed groups as they fled in a north-east direction at about
4:10pm, according to the Information Committee.
Sunday at about 8 pm,
KIA & TNLA troops blocked the road at milestone 262/2 with four 22-wheeled
articulated trucks, one 12-wheeled lorry and one oil bowser. As the government
troops cleared the area, traffic returned to normal state at 9am yesterday.
Later Sunday evening at about 9:30pm, the TNLA group planted a bomb at the
Namlarchaung wooden bridge, destroying the bridge floor.
At about 6am yesterday,
the KIA, TNLA and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA)
launched about 100 rounds of artillery fire for nearly 10 minutes until
government troops pursued them, causing them to retreat towards the south, it
is learnt.
Yesterday morning’s
attack on the philanthropic workers in Muse resulted in serious injury to a
Myanmar man who was on his way to provide philanthropic help to internally
displaced persons in camps near the border.
Ref; The Global New
Light of Myanmar
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