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More Than 2,000 People Displaced, 19 Killed In Myanmar Fighting

More Than 2,000 People Displaced, 19 Killed In Myanmar Fighting
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By Staff, Agencies

More than 2,000 people were forced to flee their homes, and 19 were killed, since fighting broke out between government troops and ethnic minority insurgents in northern Myanmar last week, government officials said Wednesday.

The escalation in hostilities in Myanmar’s fractured north is another setback for civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s bid to bring peace amid a stuttering transition from full military rule.

The people displaced in the latest fighting are sheltering in monasteries around Lashio town in the north of Shan State, and are depending on aid groups and the government for their supplies, aid workers said.

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