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Fighting erupts in Myanmar near Thai border: witnesses
“There has been heavy fighting at the Myanmar army outpost opposite Mae Sam Laep," said a provincial official from Mae Hong Son. "Our security officials are assessing the situation but so far there has been no report of impact on Thai side."
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Thai Department of National Parks rangers drive through Mae Sam Laep town in Mae Hong Son province on March 31, 2021, across from where Myanmar refugees earlier attempted to cross the Salween river along the Thai-Myanmar border after air strikes in Karen state following the February military coup. (AFP/Lillian Sunwarumpha)
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eavy fighting erupted in eastern Myanmar early on Tuesday close to the border with northwestern Thailand, witnesses in Thailand said.
“There has been heavy fighting at the Myanmar army outpost opposite Mae Sam Laep," said a provincial official from Mae Hong Son. "Our security officials are assessing the situation but so far there has been no report of impact on Thai side."
Others reported seeing the fighting across the Salween river. Video posted on social media showed fires and smoke rising.
Meanwhile, forces of the Karen National Union (KNU) captured an outpost of the Myanmar army close to the border with Thailand early on Tuesday, the armed group's head of foreign affairs, Padoh Saw Taw Nee, told Reuters.
He said the camp had been occupied and burned down and that the group was still checking on deaths and casualties.
