Burma-Myanmar: Resume fighting between Burma Army and Shan State Army-North affects six villages
Resumed fighting from July 20 till July 21, 2014 between Burma Army Battalion 248 and Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) Brigade 72 in Kehsi township, southern Shan State, has displaced people from six villages.
According to Sai Harn, a Shan youth who assisted the displaced villagers, the six villages include Parng Jay, Wan Kyawng, Par Teap, Wan Kwarn, Parng Mong and Parng Mike Kay, in Kehsi township. Sai Harn could not confirm the number of newly displaced villagers.
Since tension mounted in early July, hundreds of people have been seeking shelter at Wan Wap temple. The newly displaced villagers could not been able to seek refuge at Wan Wap due to the Burma Army operations in the surrounding area.