KAYIN-----The Central Committee of Karen National Union (KNU) yesterday announced that flash fighting between the Tatmadaw[military] and the KNU took place in KNU Brigade 6 area of Dupalaya district in KNU-controlled area of Kawthulay has forced up to over 90,000 villagers to flee their homes.
The announcement said that 33 clashes between Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the unites under KNU’s brigade-6 and coalition forces and security forces and the Border Guard Force took place in Kawthulay, an area controlled by KNU starting from August 1st to 20th.
Fighting mostly occurred in Brigade 18 and Brigade 27 areas in Kawkayeik Township, Kayin State. The fighting was intensifying in the areas being stationed Cobra Column under the KNU’s Brigade-27, according to the KNU’s statement.
The KNU central committee said that due to air strike and artillery shells used during the fighting in KNU Brigade 6 area of Dupalaya district in KNU-controlled area of Kawthulay, a local died and then there have been 904,291 internally displaced people and unrecorded IDPs.
