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Northern Burma Clash Account \u2013 October 2019<\/span><\/h1>\n

18 November 2019<\/em><\/p>\n

Kachin and Northern Shan State<\/p>\n

\"Northern<\/p>\n

October Clash Account Summary<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Battles 15<\/span><\/p>\n

Theinni Township 2<\/span><\/p>\n

Muse Township 2<\/span><\/p>\n

Kutkai Township 10<\/span><\/p>\n

Shwegu Township 1<\/span><\/p>\n

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Injured Civilians 15<\/span><\/p>\n

Displaced Civilians 231<\/span><\/p>\n

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October has seen a continuation of conflict within and around Kutkai Township, with Burma Army units being supported by air.\u00a0Conflict in Northern Burma has reduced in Kachin State over the last year and increased in northern Shan State, where trade routes and ethnic enclaves reside in contested territory.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kutkai Township, Shan State<\/span><\/h4>\n

Civilian Casualties \/ Displacement<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

On Oct. 26, 231 villagers fled from Nam Hwi Village, Nawng San Village, and Maru Hpakga Village due to nearby battles between the Burma Army and the Ta\u2019ang National Liberation Army (TNLA). The villagers, 112 males and 119 females from 68 families, fled to Kachin Baptist Church compounds at Maw Han Village.<\/span><\/p>\n

Battles<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

On Oct. 26 at 1200, Burma Army troops from\u00a0Light Infantry Divisions\u00a0(LIDs)\u00a088 and 99 from Kutkai attacked a TNLA outpost in Maru Hpaga Bum.\u00a0Then, at\u00a01300 two Burma Army helicopters supported ground troops by firing on Maru Hpaga Bum.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On Oct. 25 at 0930,\u00a0Burma Army and TNLA soldiers battled at Mungmyit Sinli, Kuthkai and Nam Pa Chi. The Burma Army banned traveling in vehicles at Bum Sum Shi near Kutkai and the Lashio-Muse road.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On Oct. 24 at 0500,\u00a0approximately 50 Burma Army Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 324 soldiers clashed with Kachin Independence Army (KIA) soldiers from 8th\u00a0Battalion along Nam Yi between Pang Gaw and Pang Wa, Kutkai Township.\u00a0Two Burma Army soldiers were killed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The same day, at 1730 approximately 60 Burma Army\u00a0LID 99 soldiers battled 30 TNLA 474th\u00a0Unit soldiers between Maw Han and Nam Mwi Nawng San, Kutkai Township.\u00a0A Tamunye-based Burma Army unit fired mortars and one landed at Maru Hpakga\u00a0Village, injuring a 35-year-old woman and her 12-year-old daughter,\u00a0who was hit\u00a0in the calf.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Oct. 16 at 0600,\u00a0Burma Army soldiers and TNLA soldiers battled near a cemetery in Kutkai Township.\u00a0On the same day at 0700, TNLA Unit 665 and Burma Army soldiers (unit unknown) battled between Manjak and Hkulung, Kutkai Township.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On Oct. 12 at 1600,\u00a0three civilians were wounded by Burma Army mortar rounds. Burma Army soldiers fired the mortars from Kutkai into Manbang, Man Awng Village. One adult female, one adult male, and a two-year-old infant were injured.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Oct. 11\u00a0held three reported battles in Kutkai:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • At 0730 TNLA soldiers defended\u00a0against\u00a0a Burma Army attack in Gauri Pa, east of Namgut Hunawng.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • At 1045 Burma Army\u00a0LIB\u00a0417 and TNLA soldiers battled in Jelen Namngu Village.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • At 1104 Burma Army and TNLA soldiers battled at\u00a0the\u00a0Loibyak road junction between Maisak and Mankang.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Theinni Township, Shan State<\/span><\/h4>\n

    On Oct. 11 at 0530,\u00a0Burma Army personnel mistakenly fought themselves. Light Infantry Division (88) soldiers atop a hill near Sinli Town No. 1 Middle School and Sinli Town security guards battled. Two civilians were injured.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Oct. 9 at 0630,\u00a05th\u00a0Brigade TNLA soldiers entered Sinli Town, subsequently battling with Burma Army soldiers riding in a military vehicle.\u00a0Seven civilians were injured in the fighting. Two civilian homes in Quarter 1 were hit\u00a0by mortar shells and three civilian cars damaged. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Muse Township, Shan State<\/span><\/h4>\n

    Oct. 16 at 0700,\u00a0Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA)\u00a0soldiers and Burma Army soldiers clashed at Hpawng Seng Tadwi Village, Muse Township.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    On Oct. 11 at 1040,\u00a0the combined Burma Army\u00a0LIBs 423 and 427 clashed with TNLA Unit No. 113 at Namgau.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Danai Township, Shan State<\/span><\/h4>\n

    On Oct. 19\u00a0at 1800 the Burma Army Infantry Battalion\u00a0(IB) 126\u00a0seized six public engine boats carrying 90 barrels of fuel and 100 bags of rice heading to Dalu Ja Maw (Dalu mining area) and Tummani in the southern Danai\u00a0River area below Hkalung Village.\u00a0The 126th\u00a0later drove the supplies to Danai Regional Operations Command Base in Danai Township.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    On Oct. 2, Burma Army soldiers at Seng Tawng Post near the Danai\u00a0River erected a checkpoint and extorted civilians.\u00a0Supply boats were forced to pay 100,000 kyats and passenger boats 50,000 kyats.\u00a0People unable to pay were prohibited from operating their boats.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Shwegu Township, Kachin State<\/span><\/h4>\n

    On Oct. 14,\u00a0approximately 50 Burma Army soldiers from\u00a0IB 141 attacked the KIA Awng Jat Post in Shwegu Township.\u00a0The attack was launched while most of the KIA soldiers were being relieved\u00a0offsite.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Waingmaw Township, Kachin State<\/span><\/h4>\n

    Civilian Landmine<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

    On Oct. 26 at 1330 a man from Namsan Yang stepped on a landmine near Lazing Kawng while fishing, and was seriously wounded.<\/span><\/p>\n