Image Index: Some TNLA troops and homes burned down in Minengaw
Mizzima
The Ta’ang National Liberation Army claimed to have seized Minengaw Sub-Township in Kyaukme Township, northern Shan State on the morning of 1 January, following fierce fighting on the morning of 31 December.
Lieutenant Colonel Tar Aik Kyaw, a representative of the TLNA, said: “We captured Minengaw at around midnight. There is only one junta’s military camp in the Minengaw. The entire Minengaw Sub-Township is under our control. Every State Administration Council (SAC) soldier has retreated.”
On the evening of 31 December junta troops fired 17 rounds of artillery fire into the villages of Chone Thit and Chone Haung, both in Minengaw Sub-Township.
Also, on the evening of 31 December two fighter jets attacked Minengaw Sub-Township and burnt down three houses in Mantong and Zay wards. Airstrikes in Minengaw Sub-Township were ongoing on 1 January, according to social media posts made by residents that morning.
Minengaw Sub-Township is one of the sub-townships in Kyaukme Township. The other two are Monglon and Kyaukme sub-townships.
The TNLA had already captured Monglone and is still fighting to take control of Kyaukme where the situation is tense and the junta is constantly firing artillery in the area, according to Lieutenant Colonel Tar Aik Kyaw.
Since the start of the 1027 offensive by defence forces in northern Shan State, on 27 October 2023, the TNLA has taken control of six towns. They are: Minengaw, Namhkam, Namhsan, Namtu, Mantong, and Monglon. It has also taken over 70 junta military bases in northern Shan State during the 1027 offensive.
