On Saturday, Salai Zakhariah of the Chin National Army (CNA) and Salai Lian Bawi Ceu of the Thangtlang Chinland Defence Force (CDF) were killed in a fierce battle with the regime in Thangtlang town, which the regime is trying to capture from the Chin resistance groups.
Fighting in the town in northern Chin State has escalated daily since early February, when the regime sent in ground troops, but in the middle of the month it began sending in jet fighters and firing artillery from Hakha after reporting heavy casualties on the battlefield.
On 16 February, CNA and CDF were stationed at the TBC Church in the town when they came under attack, also killing Salai Van Hta Bike and Salai Maw Ci Van Bwi Hok, both members of Thangtlang CDF.
A week earlier, Chin resistance groups raided the Myoma police station and a government office, where junta soldiers and police were providing security.