Armed attacks against Myanmar's military authorities aim to disrupt their ability to send reinforcements to the northern border region with China.
Rebel fighters closed the roads from the trade hub of Lashio to Chinshwehaw and Muse on the China border ahead of a "major offensive". / Photo: AFP
The Ta'ang National Liberation Army , the Arakan Army and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army launched a"military operation", they said in a statement on Friday. The three groups — which analysts say can call on at least 15,000 fighters between them — have clashed regularly with the military since the coup that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi's government.
Those included Lashio, as well as Muse, Chinshwehaw and Laukkai, the latter of which lies near the border with China.The three ethnic rebel groups had"launched joint force attacks against the Myanmar Army", Brigadier-General Tar Bhone Kyaw of the TNLA told AFP.Earlier this month nearly 30 people were killed and dozens were wounded in a strike on a camp for displaced people in neighbouring Kachin state.
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