Fighting erupted yesterday between Burmese troops and a breakaway Shan force only hours after a Burmese soldier died following an ambush by a Karen army.
t is the third time this month that Burmese troops have clashed with the Shan State Army (North), with tensions appearing to be on the rise. The latest flare-up involved the SSA-N’s 3000-strong 1st Brigade, which broke away from the main body after it refused to become a Border Guard Force (BGF) and assimilate into the Burmese army.
