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Myanmar rebels seize military base near Thai border
Myanmar soldiers stand at a small army camp along the river bank near the border of Myanmar and Thailand, in March 2021
MYANMAR ethnic rebel group the Karen National Union (KNU) reported the capture of a military base close to the Thai border today as fighting in the east of the country intensified.
“We could hear from the other side, we could hear the bullets,” said Hkara, a long-time resident of Mae Sam Laep, on the Thai side of the border.
“We saw five or six Burmese soldiers run down to the river and then we saw KNU shoot them, but it was very dark.”
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