Myanmar’s military dropped bombs on Laukkai, the capital of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone (SAZ), early Sunday morning, hours before the group controlling the city said it would cease fighting for the next four days.
A spokesperson for the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) told Myanmar Now that the incident occurred in the city’s Ton Chain Ward at around 2am on Sunday.
“They dropped bombs in front of the Fully Light Hotel, damaging three or four civilian houses,” the spokesperson said, adding that it was unclear if there were any casualties.
The attack comes amid a push by the MNDAA, which took control of Laukkai earlier this year, to capture junta bases near Lashio, northern Shan State’s largest city, together with its allies.
That offensive, which began on July 3 following the collapse late last month of a Chinese-brokered ceasefire that had been in place. . .
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