Rebels Say Military Broke Cease-Fire
From Times Wire Reports
Myanmar’s military attacked a major stronghold of the Karen ethnic rebel group, despite the two sides’ informal cease-fire, the insurgents said.
The rebels from the Karen National Union said government forces had attacked them at their Kalaw Waw camp across the border from Thailand’s northern province of Tak.
A rebel official said his group had captured seven Myanmar soldiers but gave no figures for Karen losses and did not say if the fighting was continuing.
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