Myanmar authority explains heated Loikaw clashes as ‘terrorist raid’

YANGON, Jan 24 (Eleven Media Group/ANN): The Myanmar State Administration Council (SAC) appointed foreign ministry recently described the skirmishes in Kayah state capital Loikaw 10 days earlier as an attack staged by “terrorists”.

It said in a statement that the ethnic armed group Karenni National Progressive Party and civilian militias known as People’s Defence Forces had conducted a raid by “taking positions in residential areas – houses, governmental and religious buildings”, among other locations.