160 have died in clashes between Myanmar military, ethnic armed groups

‘At least 160 people have died in about three months of clashes between Myanmar’s military and ethnic armed groups near the border with China.
General Mya Tun Oo, the chief of Myanmar’s general staff, said on Tuesday that over 20,000 people had also been displaced since fighting erupted between the army and several of the groups in Myanmar’s northern state of Shan in late November 2016.
Giving the army’s first comprehensive toll from the ongoing fighting, the official said 74 soldiers, 15 police officers, 13 government militia fighters and 13 civilians had died.’
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