Hanoi (VNA) – Armed clashes between government forces and an alliance of three ethnic armed groups continued in Muse town, Myanmar’s northern Shan state, which borders China, according to a press release from the Information Committee of the State Counselor’s Office on November 21.
The three groups are the Kachin Independence Army, Ta'ang National Liberation Army and Kokang's Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army.
The alliance, numbering more than 100 gunmen, attacked Phangsai police station from the hill and damaged a bridge on Namtu-Baw Thwin route, halting traffic on November 21 morning.
The Lashio-Muse road was blocked, raising public fear that goods, including fruits exported to China, would rot.
The government claimed that seven people, including civilians, lost their lives and 29 were injured in the clashes. One militant was killed by police.
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