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Projectile event in Kachin, Myitkyina area, Myanmar on Tue 3rd August 2021

3rd August 2021

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On 3 August 2021, near Lai Zar village (Waingmaw Township, Myitkyina District, Kachin State), the military LIB 58 based in Waingmaw shelled KIA positions in the Lai Zar area. Two military trucks and three armored vehicles from Myitkyina patrolled the area while two helicopters hovered above Waingmaw and Myitkyina townships. The KIA confirmed there was no fighting in the evening of August 3 and claimed that the military was targeting civilians and not KIA positions. There were three explosions in La Bang village which destroyed many houses and killed a dozen pigs. Casualties unknown.

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Myanmar (MMR)

Kachin ( Myitkyina area )

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