JAKARTA - Armed clashes between ethnic gunmen in Chin State and Myanmar's military regime have continued, since martial law was declared in the region last week.
The Chinland-Hakha Defense Forces, which have been fighting Myanmar's military since last week, killed six Myanmar soldiers and wounded several others.
Visiting The Irrawady Tuesday, May 18, Chinland-Hakha Defense Forces fighters ambushed about 60 regime troops traveling on the Hakha-Falam highway on Sunday evening. The soldiers were in four vehicles and headed as reinforcements to Hakha.
"The clash lasted several hours. Six junta soldiers were killed on the spot and more than 10 others were injured. A civilian fighter was also killed in the shootout," according to a member of the Chinland-Hakha Defense Forces.
"We ambushed the troops in retaliation for the junta's war crimes and terrorism against Mindat civilians. Their actions are unacceptable," he said.
During four days of prolonged fighting in Mindat, in Chin State, the military regime used heavy explosives, artillery, rocket-propelled grenades, and automatic weapons, to support helicopters.
Myanmar's military regime also identified 18 captured civilians as living shields in the face of an armed ethnic assault in Mindat City.
Until last Monday, troops deployed throughout Mindat were shooting at anyone who showed up in the street and no one dared to come out, residents reported.
Armed resistance by Mindat residents began on April 26, with attacks on police stations after Myanmar's military regime broke a promise to free seven young anti-regime protesters.
On April 26 and 27, the newly formed Mindat Defense Forces attacked military reinforcements approaching the city using homemade percussion-key firearms, resulting in at least 20 junta soldiers being killed.
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Local resistance fighters and junta forces have been fighting for four days in Mindat, since the ceasefire of late April 'ended' on May 12. At least ten junta soldiers and four local residents were killed in the firefight.
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