A Burmese army lieutenant and a soldier were killed and three more soldiers, including a lieutenant, were wounded in fighting with Kachin Independence Army (KIA) troops on August 4, around 11 a.m., in western Kachin State, witnesses said.
The name of the dead lieutenant was Myo Min Aung and the wounded lieutenant was Zaw Htun Oo, according to a reliable source close to government troops.
The wounded were transported to hospital in Mogaung after the fighting, sources added.
Brief fighting between government troops from several battalions and KIA troops of Battalion 6, under Brigade 2, took place between the villages of Labang Kahtawng and Sawng Hkra, situated between Kamaing and Mogaung, according to KIA officials from Brigade 2.
KIA Corporal, Layang Brang Nu, was killed by Burmese troops.
Around 45 Burmese soldiers from Infantry Battalion (IB) No. 58, based at Waingmaw, Sarhmaw-based IB No. 105, IB No. 281 from Mong Yang and Mohnyin-based IB No. 15 were involved in the fighting with KIA Battalion 6 troops, KIA officials added.
Thursday’s fighting occurred on the road when government troops were coming back to Mogaung from Kahtang Yang, in Kamaing, witnesses said.
The fighting took place one day after the KIA and Burmese government delegates held meetings to negotiate a ceasefire agreement at the KIO’s Lajayang Liaison Office, in eastern Kachin State, on August 2 and 3.
