Unrest at bridge crossing: A Thai military armoured vehicle taking position under the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in Mae Sot, Thailand. — AP
FIGHTING raged at Myanmar’s eastern frontier with Thailand, both governments said, forcing 3,000 civilians to flee as rebels fought to flush out Myanmar junta troops holed up for days at a bridge border crossing.
Resistance fighters and ethnic minority rebels seized the key trading town of Myawaddy on the Myanmar side of the frontier on April 11, a blow to a well-equipped military struggling to govern and facing a test of battlefield credibility.
