151 Myanmarese Soldiers Flee To Mizoram After Armed Ethnic Group Storms Camp

The soldiers of Myanmar army fled to Mizoram after their military camps were overrun by an armed ethnic group.

151 soldiers of Myanmar army fled to Mizoram after their camps were overrun by an armed ethnic group/Representational Image

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At least 151 soldiers from Myanmar fled to Mizoram's Lawngtlai district after their camps were overrun by an armed ethnic group in the neighbouring country, said an officer of the Assam Rifles on Saturday. As per the officer, there had been intense fighting between the Myanmar army and the  Arakan Army fighters for the past few days in areas close to the Indian border, according to a PTI report. 

The Assam Rifles officer said that the Myanmarese army personnel, also known as the 'Tatmadaw,' fled with their arms and approached the Assam Rifles at Tuisentlang in Lawngtlai district on Friday after their camps near the international border were overrun by the Arakan Army fighters, he said.

Some of the Myanmarese Army personnel, who entered Mizoram on Friday were critically injured and were administered first aid by the Assam Rifles, the PTI report added. 

The officer said that the soldiers are now in the safe custody of Assam Rifles at Parva in Lawngtlai district near the Myanmar border.

They will be sent back to their country in some days as talks are going on between the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Myanmar military government, the officer added. 

A total of 104 soldiers from Myanmar fled to Mizoram in November after their military camps were overrun by pro-democracy militia - People's Defence Force (PDF).

The soldiers were airlifted by the Indian Air Force to Manipur’s Moreh from where they crossed the international border and entered Tamu, the nearest border town in Myanmar.