Myanmar ethnic armed group moves into strategic northern town

Fighting has rocked Lashio in northern Shan state since early this month after the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army renewed an offensive against the military. - AP file

YANGON: Fighters from Myanmar's most powerful ethnic minority armed group have moved into a strategic town fought over by the junta and another ethnic armed group for weeks, they and the military said on Sunday (July 28).

Fighting has rocked Lashio in northern Shan state since early this month after the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) renewed an offensive against the military.