Most of the population of a Myanmar town near the Indian border have fled after buildings were set ablaze by artillery amid fighting between militia forces opposed to military rule and the army, according to residents and media reports
About 10,000 people normally live in Thantlang in Chin State, but most had left to seek shelter in surrounding areas including in India, a community leader said.In India's neighboring state of Mizoram, the head of a civil society group said 5,500 people from Myanmar had arrived in just two districts over the past week, as they scrambled to escape a military crackdown.
Myanmar's shadow government launches 'people's defensive war' against the military junta Reuters could not independently confirm any of the claims and a military spokesman did not answer calls seeking comment.A relative of the dead pastor told Reuters that only a handful of households remained in Thantlang, including about 20 children in an orphanage.