YANGON, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Two vehicles carrying aid workers to care for displaced people have been attacked by a combined forces of three ethnic armed groups as the vehicles were heading for the 105th Mile Muse Border Trade Zone in Myanmar's northern Shan state, said the Information Committee of the State Counselor's Office Tuesday.
The three armed groups were identified as Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Kokang's Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA).
In the attacks on Monday afternoon on the two vehicles, respectively owned by the Myittamon Philanthropic team and the Parami Civil Society, one aid worker was seriously injured.
The shooting with light firearms from an uphill position forced the vehicles to return to Muse hospital with the injured on board without proceeding.
Read the full story at Xinhua