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Myanmar: KIA clashes with junta soldiers in Hpakant and Mohnyin
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NAYPYITAW, 04 December 2021, (TON): The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) clashed with the Myanmar military in Hpakant and Mohnyin townships, a little under a week after the junta launched airstrikes against the rebel group in Mohnyin.
Colonel Naw Bu, the KIA’s information officer said “about 50 soldiers from the junta’s Infantry Battalion 42 attacked KIA territory near Nyaung Htauk village in Mohnyin.”
He told media “we were only defending against them; they were heading towards our base on the ground.”
The clash ended at about 6pm. Naw Bu did not disclose details of casualties.
There was another clash the same day near Wailon village, which sits along the road linking Hpakant with Mohnyin, about 17 miles from Hpakant’s urban center.
A junta artillery unit from Hpakant fired around 30 shells at the site of the clash between 3pm and 8pm, a local said.
He said “the shelling from Hpakant was so loud that my house was shaken.”
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