The Kachin Independence Army said that the military chopper was shot down for airstrikes earlier in the Kachin province this Monday. This happened in the country’s northern and eastern frontier regions intensified following an army coup.
Kachin Independence Army protests against Myanmar’s military government and they continued in Kachin State and everywhere in the country. In recent times’ hostilities between the government and armed groups that would be the first aircraft shot down.
REBELS have declared that this armed group had targeted and fired back after airstrikes near the town of Moemuk, in Kachin province. KIA said that this morning the chopper was brought down.
“The military council launched airstrikes in that area since around 8 or 9 this morning ... using jet fighters and also fired shots using a helicopter, so we shot back at them,” KIA spokesman Naw Bu said.
On 1st February the rebel group against in The November 2020 election for the military junta and seized power at a time give example for unfounded charges of electoral fraud. It has taken control of 10 military builds up its fighting capability in the northern and eastern region of the country, according to KIA.
At least 765 people have been killed by this violent crackdown on these sticks for protesting in opposition to military rule said by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners advocacy group.
On this Sunday almost 8 people were killed during protests branded “the global Myanmar spring revolution” by organizers.