NORTHERN SHAN STATE-Residents reported that the Northern Three Brotherhood Alliance attacked the police station in Nampao Village, Lashio Township and the intense battle is still going on.
From around 3:00 p.m., October 28 until the evening of October 29, the fighting was intense as the police outpost of Nampao was reportedly raided by allied forces and the junta troops have been on the run.
“None of the policeman were at the police station. It has been shooting since morning and we dare not go out. The village is full of Chinese and Palaung people,” said a woman of Nampao village.
She went on to say that the military council forces are bombing with fighter jets at the battle zone.
It is not yet known whether the alliances raided and controlled the police outpost and military camp in Nampao Village.
Due to the intense battle in Lashio, around 5,000 villagers in town are fleeing to the nearby clash free villages and monasteries.