More Myanmar troops fleeing rebel attacks enter India

A view of a relief camp where people who fled Myanmar stay, at the border village of Zokhawthar, Champhai district, in India's northeastern state of Mizoram, India, November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Chanchinmawia

(Reuters) - At least 29 more Myanmar soldiers entered India on Thursday fleeing an attack by insurgents on their military base close to the Indian border, an Indian police official said, as rebels step up their assaults against the ruling junta .

Earlier this week, 43 Myanmar soldiers entered India's Mizoram state after their military bases were overrun by the rebels. Nearly 40 were sent back by Indian authorities through a different border crossing point a few hundred kms east.