Armed conflict in Shan State

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Description: "NAYPYITAW—The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) has blown up a bridge on the Hseinwi-Kunlong-Chin Shwe Haw Road in northern Shan State and attacked a Myanmar military (or Tatmadaw) battalion headquarters on the outskirts of Lashio, according to Tatmadaw True News Information Team spokesperson Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun. The TNLA blew up the 31st Mile Bridge for the second time this month at around 11 p.m. Tuesday and attacked Battalion No. 291—stationed near the village of Nam Pao, some 25 miles outside of Lashio—at around 6 a.m. the following day. “The TNLA blew up a bridge near Nar Tee Village on Hseinwi-Kunlong-Chin Shwe Haw Road and carried out the artillery attack on a battalion in Nam Pao from a distance. The artillery shells did not hit the battalion, and no one was injured,” Brig-Gen Zaw Min Tun said..."
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Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy"
2019-08-29
Date of entry/update: 2019-09-01
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Description: "The leader of a militia group has been killed in an apparently targeted attack on his house as fighting continues near Lashio in northern Shan State between members of the Northern Alliance and the Tatmadaw. U Win Maung, 61, the leader of the Mong Yan militia, and his wife, Daw Aye Mya, were killed in an attack on their home at Man Kaung, the main village of the Man Kaung Mong Yan village tract, about 32 kilometres (20 miles) east of Lashio, at about 8.30pm on August 20. The house was bombarded with grenades and M79 rocket launchers in the attack, which has terrified the 200 residents of the village. The attack in Lashio Township came three days after the three Northern Alliance members involved in the fighting issued a statement warning that any members of government security forces found in operational areas would be “duly taken care of for the sake of self defence”. Fighting has intensified across northern Shan State since August 15, when Northern Alliance forces launched simultaneous attacks at five locations along a major highway. The August 17 statement referred to the Tatmadaw but warned specifically that members of the Myanmar Police Force and uniformed members of paramilitary groups would be regarded as members of ancillary forces on active duty..."
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Source/publisher: "Frontier Myanmar"
2019-08-21
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-22
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Description: "Over 3,400 people from Lashio, Theinni and Kutkai townships, in northern Shan State, have been displaced by recent conflicts between ethnic armed organizations and the Myanmar military, or Tatmadaw, local volunteer groups told The Irrawaddy. The groups, which are now assisting the displaced, told The Irrawaddy that people began arriving at camps opened in monasteries in the three towns over the weekend. U Haung Dawng, secretary of the Joint Committee of Northern Shan State Social Volunteer Groups, told The Irrawaddy that over 2,700 locals have taken refuge in the monasteries of Tayyar, Pannar, Makkinu, Hmine Tin and Mansu, in Lashio. In Kutkai 300 have sought refuge and in Theinni, 480. Those numbers, collected on Monday evening, do not included those staying with friends and relatives. Volunteer groups say they fear the number will rise. “The shooting can still be heard in Kutkai. No shootings were heard in Lashio but armed groups are still involved in confrontations there,” said U Haung Dawng. Another volunteer told The Irrawaddy that residents of a village outside of Lashio have fled en masse, though no fighting had been reported there. “There is enough food and clothing and enough space to accommodate the displaced for now, but if the conflict doesn’t end soon, we will face difficulties,” said U Than Zaw, a volunteer with Lashio-based Beautiful Heart..."
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Source/publisher: "The Irrawaddy"
2019-08-20
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-21
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Sub-title: An ambulance from a local philanthropy group came under attack on Saturday.
Description: "A volunteer ambulance worker has been killed and several others injured during fighting between separatist rebels and government forces in northern Myanmar. The rescue workers were about 20km from Lashio, the largest town in Shan State, where armed groups have been fighting for greater autonomy from the central government when their convoy came under attack on Saturday. The vehicle from a local philanthropy group came under assault by sniper and artillery fire, the state-owned Global New Light of Myanmar reported. The attack killed 58-year-old driver Tun Myint, his wife Tin Tin Aye told AFP news agency..."
Source/publisher: "Al Jazeera"
2019-08-18
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-20
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