The military detained nearly 20 villagers for checking on their homes after they were attacked by the regime in Magwe Region. “Burma army soldiers burned almost all the houses in Yin Kel,” an officer from the Khonu battalion of the Kanpetlet Chinland Defense Force (CDF) said, after the regime suffered many casualties during previous fighting. Out of the 350 homes in the village, 300 were burned to the ground. He mentioned that the junta soldiers were hiding in the village in Hsaw Township near the border of Chin State, and when some residents returned, they were taken away to a…
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At least 20 Burma army soldiers have perished and more than 40 wounded during last week’s fighting with the Chin National Army (CNA) and the other Chin resistance groups in the Timit Valley, according to the CNA’s political wing, the Chin National Front (CNF). CNF spokesperson Salai Htet Ni told Khonumthung News that the enemy soldiers were killed during clashes from 3 to 8 July. He said they had forced two columns to retreat, but couldn’t say whether the soldiers returned to Hakha. The columns of 300 soldiers from five battalions were sent from the capital of Chin State, leading…
The Mara Chinland Defence Force (CDF) killed at least four Burma army soldiers and wounded five in Lailenpi, also known as Lailengpi and Lai Lin Pi, in Matupi Township in southern Chin State on 8 July, according to the resistance group. Battalion 3 of the CDF attacked a regime camp in the town after reports that enemy soldiers were threatening and shooting at residents. The afternoon attack lasted only 30 minutes, then the CDF retreated and the junta fired five shells, killing a 17-year-old girl named Ma Les Myat Tan Dar in Aphawaw Ward. “The junta soldiers burnt people’s motorbikes…
Regime forces attack the Timit Valley everyday from Khuhsilobo Independence Monument in Hakha, the capital of Chin State. Even when the Burma army and the Chinland Defence Force (CDF) are not fighting, they shell the valley with artillery, but so far there have been no casualties, said a source close to the armed group fighting the regime, who preferred not to be named. The junta fired at least 10 shells on the afternoon of 7 July, and he heard that the CDF attacked a Burma army camp in the Timit Valley with a drone. On 3 July, the regime attacked…
The regime has blocked buses and trucks travelling towards Chin Hill from Kalay town. This came four days after the Civil Defence Militia – Siyin (CDM) announced it would attack a Burma army camp in Thaing Nguen on the road from Kalay to Tedim. A CDF soldier said the regime hasn’t allowed any vehicles through the 8-mile checkpoint since 3 July. “They told travellers that there were many PDF soldiers between Kalay and Thaing Nguen who would shoot and kill civilians. In reality, a column of Burma army is going to launch an offensive operation at Chin Hill.” Junta soldiers…
The exiled National Unity Government (NUG) has awarded 400 million kyat (about $200k) to Chin resistance groups for destroying two Burma army tanks during fighting in Chin State. NUG reported that they gave the Chin National Front/Chin National Army and the Chinland Defence Forces (CDFs) the money at its 22nd meeting after a special committee verified the tanks were destroyed. Mahn Win Khaing Than, the NUG prime minister, told Khonumthung News, “When we heard this news, we were very happy because it gives strength to our revolution. The combined forces of the Chin resistance groups have done a successful thing…
In anticipation of further airstrikes by the regime, the Mindat Chinland Defence Force (CDF) has urged civilians to dig bunkers to protect themselves from indiscriminate attacks by jet fighters and artillery fire in Mindat Township, southern Chin State. “We have already warned the people in a statement, but not everyone followed our instruction, so we have issued a second warning,” said Ko Yaw Mang of the People’s Administration for the township, which is under CDF. He said regime attacks have increased recently and civilian property, including religious buildings, have been destroyed, but fortunately no one has lost their lives or…
Two Chin resistance fighters died and others were wounded in fighting with the regime in the Timit Valley between Hakha and Thangtlang townships on Monday. The junta flew two airstrikes on Chin groups fighting against the dictatorship in the morning and shelled areas where they were staying with artillery from the Independence Stone Pillar in Hakha town. “They fired artillery shells on the Timit Valley area since early morning and a jet fighter also attacked Thida. After that, Burma army’s ground troops attacked a Chin resistance outpost with heavy and light weapons,” said a person close to the groups, on…
A coalition of resistance groups ambushed a column after the regime soldiers razed some houses in a village in Sagaing Region.At least 10 houses in Tha Si were set on fire by regime soldiers on the morning of 25 June before they came under fire by Kalay, Kabaw, Gangaw Chin Defence Force (CDF), Vakok Chin National Defence Force (CNDF) and Kalay People’s Defence Force.All the residents of Tha Si, where there’s about 1,200 homes, fled to safety before the junta soldiers arrived in the village in Kalay Township .At least three Burma army soldiers were killed in the clashes. CNDF…
On Wednesday, the Burma army killed a five-year-old child and injured three other members of the same family in an attack on a village where no fighting was reported in Kalay Township, Sagaing Region.“They fired artillery shells indiscriminately and one of the shells hit a civilian house when the family members were sleeping,” a man has told Khonumthung News. The child’s head was decapitated, he said, while his mother lost her right leg below the knee during the strike on their village of Ashay San Tha at 10:20pm. Her other son suffered a shrapnel injury to the head and is…