Heavy clashes on Thailand-Myanmar border injure local resident, trigger evacuations

TAK, Oct 29 (TNA) - Clashes between Myanmar military forces and armed opposition groups intensified along the Thai border on Thursday, sending stray explosives into Thai territory, injuring a local woman, and forcing residents to evacuate.

Myanmar troops launched an offensive at around 05:00 a.m. local time  to push opposition forces out of Min La Pan village in Myawaddy township, Karen State, located directly across the Moei River from Thailand’s Tak province.

During the fighting, heavy artillery shells and mortar rounds crossed the border into the Thai villages in Mae Sot district. A 60mm mortar round hit a residential home, injuring a 55-year-old woman, who was taken to Mae Sot Hospital for shrapnel wounds.

Following the explosions, residents across the affected Thai border villages fled to temporary safety zones.

Thai military forces, border patrol police, and local security officers have increased patrols and deployed forces along the border to safeguard Thai sovereignty as fighting continues across the river. -819 (TNA)