17 killed as Myanmar troops, rebels clashes
Afp, Yangon
Seventeen ethnic minority villagers have been killed in Myanmar in clashes between the military and an insurgent group battling the junta, state-run media reported yesterday. The fighting occurred in eastern Shan state on September 15, the New Light of Myanmar newspaper said, killing elderly people, women and children in four villages. The newspaper said that 73 houses were burnt down during clashes involving a Shan rebel group called the Shan State Army-South, one of 17 ethnic rebel groups that have fought against the military government for decades.
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