A demonstrator shows the three-finger salute during a protest against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, February 21, 2021. — Reuters picMAY 16 — Fighters of a local militia opposed to Myanmar’s junta have pulled back from the north-western town of Mindat after days of assault by combat troops backed by artillery, a member of the group said on Sunday.
“To avoid confrontation, we retreated out of concern over damage to the town,” said one fighter, adding that only women and children remained in the town of more than 40,000 that was now largely occupied by the army.The US-funded RFA website quoted a member of the group as saying five of its fighters were killed, but it believed it had inflicted losses several times that many on the army, widely known as the Tatmadaw.
Britain’s mission said evidence of atrocities should be sent to UN investigators “so perpetrators can be held to account”.
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