Four dead and seven injured in a car accident while fleeing armed conflict
Four
people killed and seven were injured in a car accident on Monday while fleeing
the conflict between the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the
Restoration Council of Shan State/ Shan State Army-South (RCSS/SSA-S) in Kyaukme
Township, according to a local source.
Sai
Leik, a local aid worker in Kyaukme Township, told SHAN that the accident
happened at about 8 p.m. near Ban Korn village while a vehicle carrying more than 20
people heading to Kyaukme Township to seek shelters crashed.
“A monk died at the scene, he said. “The other
three; Nang Seng Aung, Sai Ai Maung and Nang Mo Leng were pronounced dead at
the local hospital.”
He
explained that the accident occurred because the vehicle had no torch light.
Since
February 10, over 2,000 villagers from Ban San, Ban Korn, Kang Kan, Taw Sang
and Wan Lone village had left their homes.
The
fight between TNLA and RCSS/SSA-S troops broke out on November 27 last year, just over one month after the signing of the Nationwide
Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) on October 15 between the government and eight
country’s armed groups. RCSS/SSA-S was among the signatories, but the TNLA was
excluded by the government from signing.
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