Mine explosion kills two in Shan State

December 15, 2016

Members of the KIA, MNDAA, TNLA and AA armed groups attacked a military convoy on Wednesday evening, killing one civilian and one soldier.

The members of the armed group exploded three mines on Lashio-Muse Highway near Hsan Laung Village in Hsenwi Township, northern Shan State.

The explosion instantly killed Maung Naing Tun, 32, of Mandalay, and a soldier.

KIA ambushes military convoy, injures two civilians

Members of the KIA ambushed a military convoy in Kutkai Township on Wednesday afternoon and retreated after government troops returned fire.

Two civilians who were aboard a 22-wheeled truck that was part of the convoy were injured in the fighting. Meanwhile, 13 out of 21 villagers from Pankun Village, Kyaukme Township who were forcibly recruited by the TNLA armed group arrived back home on Wednesday. Another villager was recruited by the TNLA the same day. The TNLA is still detaining nine villagers.

KIA/TNLA combined armed group attacks government troops

A combined armed group of about 85 from the KIA and TNLA comprising about 85 troops attacked government troops stationed near Panwa village, 10 miles from the north of Namtu in the north eastern part of Shan State, at about 7:45 am on December 14, from two separate places. Due to thecross-fire of the Tatmataw troops, the armed group retreated into the east.

While pursuing them, the armed group comprising about 160 troops attacked the government troops from three separate places from the hills nearby Panwa at about 12:30 pm with artilleries and firearms. Due to backup from aerial forces, the armed group dispersed into the east and west.

Similarly, at 6:20 pm or so, on 14 December, KIA, TNLA armed groups attacked a convoy of Tatmataw vehicles bound for Lashio from Hsenwi, performing their regular administrative duties with 2 remote-controlled mines, killing Maung Tun Naing, the driver of a 12-wheeled truck by shrapnel from the mine. In the incidents, some officials and some rank-and-file members sacrificed their lives for the country, with some injured.

Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar