Burmese and Karen forces battled each other for seven hours yesterday, close to the border between Myanmar and Thailand’s northern Tak province. It was the second day of consecutive preventing between the Burmese junta military, and the Karen National Liberation Army alongside Myanmar’s People’s Defence Force.
The Burmese army had arrived in a Karen area aiming to seize it, however the KNLA and its allies were ready. The KNLA and PDF forces ambushed the Burmese troops, and a fierce battle broke out. The Burmese troops fired heavy mortars at the Karens, who fought again with heavy machine guns.
As with many comparable incidents up to now, a quantity of Karen villagers crossed into Thailand to flee the preventing. About 188 villagers slipped into Tak’s Popphra district, managing to seek out shelter in a temple there. Thai security forces expect the clashes to continue, and if the situation worsens, for more refugees to flood into Thailand.
This information comes after a Burmese fighter jet bombed a Karen village earlier this month, also near the Thai border. Now were killed, three were wounded, and ninety two were pressured to flee to Thailand. Most of those that fled had been women and youngsters.
The Karen hill tribe in Myanmar and several other different minority teams have been fighting for greater autonomy since Myanmar gained independence in 1948..