Myanmar resistance group claims downing of military jet

Myanmar national flags being waved as migrants in Thailand protest against the military coup in their home country, in front of the United Nations ESCAP building in Bangkok, on Feb 22, 2021. — AFP

BANGKOK (AP): A Myanmar military jet fighter crashed Saturday (Nov 11) in a combat zone in the eastern state of Kayah, a military officer and a member of an anti-military resistance organization said. The resistance group said the plane had been shot down, but its claim could not immediately be confirmed.

A spokesperson for the ethnic armed group, the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force, said it had shot down the plane during heavy fighting near Loikaw, the capital of Kayah state, which is also known as Karenni.