Belin, January (11)
There was an exchange of fire between the junta troops and the joint force of the KNLA following the military convoy hitting the landmines on the Yangon-Mawlamyine highway near Daukyat village in Mon State’s Belin Township around 2 pm on January 10, the locals told Than Lwin Times.
A joint force of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) attacked a military convoy heading to Belin from Thatono near Daukyat village.
The KNLA joint forces then clashed with security forces stationed near the Belin Toll Gate after engaging in a one-hour firefight with a mine-hit military convoy.
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In that incident, four soldiers were killed and two cars were caught on fire, the KNU’s Alliance Supervisory Committee said.
Hundreds of vehicles were trapped on the Yangon-Mawlamyine highway amid an exchange of fire, and the road reopened around 4 pm.
After several months of no battle between the junta army and the KNLA joint forces, fighting has resumed in Belin Township, controlled by KNU Brigade 1. News-Than Lwin Times