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KAREN STATE – Clashes have been occurring near Myawaddy Town, and the junta forces recklessly fired heavy artillery shells.
On Thursday morning (July 6), clashes started between KNU-KNLA-PDF coalition forces and the junta soldiers at Pwint Lin Aye Myaing Village at Tone Bridge near Myawaddy Town.
When the battle started, residents said that they could hear the launching of heavy artillery shells from Myawaddy Town.
On Wednesday, July 5, Mr. Tin Win, 45, from Tone Bridge Village, was killed while searching for bamboo shoots at the campus of the Ponya Shin Monastery because he stepped on a mine that was planted by the junta council.