Ongoing clashes near Muse border trade zone claim four lives and injure about seven

Ongoing clashes near Muse border trade zone claim four lives and injure about seven
Published 28 November 2023

Clashes continued fiercely until November 27 in the 105th Mile Myanmar-China border trade zone in Mongyu Village-tract, Muse Township, northern Shan State, killing four people including two children, and injuring at least seven.

Since the night of November 26, there has been a battle between the Myanmar military and the Northern Allied forces in the trade zone.

As the clashes go on, a young clerk girl in a game station in 105 KTV Street in Mongyu Village in front of the border trade zone was reportedly shot dead by a man in a saloon car at about 9am on November 27.

Similarly, at about 4pm, a bomb fell and exploded in Nammatu cattle farm, killing two children aged 16 and 10, and wounding two 40-year-old mothers, a seven-year-old child and a one-year-old boy. The injured are receiving medical treatment at Muse Township People’s Hospital. 

"At about 9am this morning (November 27), a girl in a game shop was shot and killed. In Nammatu cattle farm, two children were killed, and six family members are now undergoing surgery at Muse hospital," said an eyewitness in Mongyu Village.

At 2pm on the same day, a warehouse storing electrical appliances near the seafood warehouse buildings went in flames after it was hit by a bomb.

Similarly, bombings damaged imported goods buildings and some trucks in the zone, Best Family lodging room and some home along the 105th Mile Union Road outside the trade zone on the night of November 26.

During the nighttime battle on November 26, a security guard of a fruit wholesale shop was injured in his right leg, and a car driver was killed by bullet wounds to his right chest.