More than 2,000 people displaced, 19 killed in Myanmar fighting
14PM [Updated: Wed Aug 21, 2019 12:14PM ]/ Government troops cross a bomb-damaged bridge in the compound of the Gote Twin police station in Shan State, Myanmar, on August 15, 2019. (Photo by AFP)/ More than 2,000 people have been forced to flee from their homes, and 19 have been killed, since fighting broke out between government troops and ethnic insurgents in northern Myanmar last week, government officials said. The escalation in hostilities in Myanmar’s fractured north is another setback for civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s bid to ...
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