Kachin rebels hit Junta's aviation fuel supplies
Rebels of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) hit and set ablaze seven tanker trucks in northern Shan state with artillery to cut down aviation fuel supplies for Myanmar’s junta. The trucks were attacked on the Union Highway and Kutkai-Hseni road, transporting fuel from China through Muse.
The fuel is used by Burmese Air Force to bomb and strafe rebel targets or for helicopter gunship raids on them. KIA information officer Colonel Naw Bu told IANS five tanker trucks were hit on the Union Highway, two in separate attacks on the Kutkai-Hseni road on Monday and Tuesday. "People told us that the fuel is not for public use but for the military aviation, so we opened fire," said Col. Naw Bu. There was no fighting with the military in northern Shan State, apart from these artillery attacks, he said. Myanmar's military used jet fighters to retake control of the strategic hilltop Alaw Bum base on the Chinese border in Kachin State's Momauk Township, which was seized by the KIA in late March.
The outpost allows the KIA to control the road between Kachin State's capital, Myitkyina, and Bhamo, also in Kachin State. The KIA has also attacked the Myitkyina airbase and Bhamo Airport with artillery, reportedly forcing Myanmar's air force to fly from Shan State's Lashio, Mandalay and Meiktila in Mandalay Region to attack Momauk.
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