Displaced residents return to Hpakant after a month of violence


Around 500 displaced people sheltering in Mawshan Monastery seen paying homage to the abbot before their return. - Eleven Media Group

YANGON: More than 2,000 people who fled their homes due to the clashes between the Myanmar military and the KIA, PDF in early February in the southern part of Hpakant, Kachin Sate, have been returning to their villages since Feb 8, according to local sources.

The fighting, which started on Feb 6, resulted in at least three civilian casualties and forced more than 5,000 people from several villages in the southern part of Hpakant to seek refuge in nearby religious buildings.

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