At least 18 Burma army soldiers were killed during armed clashes that occurred in Mindat Township on 7 April and 10 April, according to the Chinland Defense Force – Mindat (CDF – Mindat). On 7 April, an all-day battle happened in the Village-tract No-1 area of Mindat Township between the CDF – Mindat and the Burma army. The fighting started around 7:30 a.m. and ended around 6 p.m. At least 15 BA soldiers were killed and a CDF – Mindat member was wounded during the fighting. After suffering many causalities, regime fighter jets bombarded the Chin resistance group positions eight…
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On 10 April, Burma army fighter jets attacked Webula town in Falam Township in northern Chin State. At least nine civilians were killed in the attack. Many people were wounded by Burma army’s airstrikes. After the CNDF seized the Var military camp on the morning of 10 April, the Burma army launched airstrikes on Webula town, which is located approximately 20 miles from Falam town. Fighter jets also attacked Var village and Kyaung Hel village. Local people said that during the airstrikes on Webula town shells from the fighter jets exploded near a school and a football field. Five civilian…
On the morning of 10 April, the Chin National Defense Force (CNDF) captured a Burma army military camp north of Falam town in Chin State. There were 14 BA soldiers killed during clash, and the CNDF captured 11 Burma army soldiers alive. The CNDF launched a surprise attack on the Var military camp around 5 a.m. After an hour-long fire fight, the CNDF troops moved-in to capture the Var military camp from the Burma army soldiers, according to Salai Cung Ngai, spokesperson for the Chin National Organization/Chin National Defense Force (CNO/CNDF). “Our troops started to shoot at the Var military…
On 5 April, the Chinland Defnese Force – Kalay, Kabaw, Gangaw (CDF – KKG) reported that at least seven Burma army soldiers were killed during clashes around Tuingo village in northern Kalay Township since the start of April. On 31 March, a Burma army military column was traveling from Nan Soung Pu village to Tuingo village in northern Kalay Township. The CDF – KKG reported that their troops exchanged gunfire with a combined force of Burma army and Pyusawhtee People’s Militia Force (Pyusawhtee PMF) near the graveyard in Tuingo village for approximately three hours. After this clash, additional resistance forces…
The Burma army has launched a major military offensive operation against resistance groups in northern Kalay Township, Sagaing Region. Nearly 30,000 people from 11 villages were displaced by the escalating clashes. Since 31 March, when the offensive began, the combined forces of multiple resistance groups have had numerous clashes with Burma army soldiers in the areas surrounding Tuingo village. After suffering causalities, the Burma army launched airstrikes and attacked resistance groups with heavy weapons including 122 mm rocket launchers. Local people have fled from 11 villages due to the fighting, and have taken shelter in safer locations. Some of the…
On 3 April, Burma army soldiers set fire to six civilian houses in Tlangzar village, which is located in Falam Township on the Falam – Hakha vehicle road. Tlangzar village has approximately 40 houses and is located nearly 17 miles from Falam town. The morning of 3 April, clashes broke near Tlangzar village out between Chin resistance groups and a Burma army military column which was traveling from Falam town to Hakha town. The fighting lasted for approximately one hour. After the clash ended the Burma army set fire to some houses in Tlangzar village, according to a Chin resistance…
The Burma army set fire to 30 civilian houses in Kalar village in Matupi Township in southern Chin State. Kalar village is located on the Matupi – Paletwa vehicle road. A representative of the People’s Administration for Matupi Township reported that nine houses were set on fire on 31 March and 21 houses were set on fire on 1 April. The People’s Administration reported that the fires were started by soldiers from a Burma army military column transporting food rations from Matupi town to Paletwa town. “A clash broke out near Kalar village. A military truck of the Burma army…
On 2 April, a combined force of local armed resistance groups clashed with the Burma army near Tuingo village in Kalay Township of Sagaing Region. The clashes broke out around 8 a.m. when a junta military column was on patrol in the area between Tuingo and Min HLa villages. The military column was traveling from east to west through Nan Tagar creek. During the clash, the armed resistance groups were also attacked by the junta’s artillery battalion based in Kalay town. A resistance group soldier reported that on 31 March they had an intense clash with junta forces near Tuingo…
The Zomi Congress for Democracy (ZCD) will contest the upcoming election under the military regime and last week became the first Chin party to register with the Union Election Commission (UEC). “Our party has been recognised as a political party since 2012, but we reformed our party and registered with the UEC because some of the leaders passed away and other members resigned,” said Pu Gin Kam Liang, the party’s secretary. He found it strange they had to pay the UEC about $4,700 as it’s not a new party, but said their application was accepted and was told they’ll be…
Government soldiers razed most of the houses in a village after suffering heavy casualties during fighting with a resistance group in Tamu Township, Sagaing Region, a couple of days earlier. “We are devastated, but there is nothing we can do except accept the situation. All the villagers are sad and some of them are crying. They are so cruel,” a man whose house was torched said on condition of anonymity. Of the 29 houses in Kun Tawng Ywar Thit (also called Chin village), the army set fire to 24 on 25 March. The army often targets civilians in Sagaing Region…