YANGON: At least 30 people were killed on Monday (Mar 6) in a day of intense fighting in a town on Myanmar's border with China, authorities said, after rebels dressed in police uniforms launched a surprise raid. Monday's clashes were some of the worst to break out in the Chinese-speaking Kokang region of the northeastern state of Shan since fighting in 2015 left scores dead and forced tens of thousands to flee across the border into China. The office of military commander-in-chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing charged that the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, which represents the ethnic Chinese Kokang minority, had attacked Laukkai in northern Shan state on Monday as part of a long-term effort to create a "liberated zone under their control." YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar's government urged ethnic rebel groups on Tuesday to join talks to achieve a nationwide peace agreement even after one of the groups raided a government-controlled town in an attack that killed five policemen and five civilians, including a schoolteacher.
According to the government of Myanmar, at least 30 people are killed in an attack on various police, military, and government installations by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army in Laukkai. Four police officers were also taken hostage.