Burmese and Karen forces battled one another for seven hours yesterday, close to the border between Myanmar and Thailand’s northern Tak province. It was the second day of consecutive fighting between the Burmese junta army, and the Karen National Liberation Army alongside Myanmar’s People’s Defence Force.
The Burmese military had arrived in a Karen area aiming to capture it, but the KNLA and its allies were prepared. Straightforward and PDF forces ambushed the Burmese troops, and a fierce battle broke out. The Burmese troops fired heavy mortars on the Karens, who fought again with heavy machine guns.
As with many similar incidents prior to now, a number of Karen villagers crossed into Thailand to escape the preventing. About 188 villagers slipped into Tak’s Popphra district, managing to search out shelter in a temple there. Thai security forces count on the clashes to proceed, 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, additionally near the Thai border. Two villagers had been killed, three were wounded, and ninety two were pressured to flee to Thailand. Most of those that fled were ladies and kids.
The Karen hill tribe in Myanmar and several other other minority groups have been preventing for higher autonomy since Myanmar gained independence in 1948..
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