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Kachin Independence Army (KIA) 

They stronghold of Laiza was hit by airstrikes late Tuesday night, hours after the group and its allies captured a junta army battalion HQ near Kachin State capital Myitkyina. 3 bombs were dropped on Laiza about 11pm Tuesday, KIA info officer Col. Naw Bu.“We’re investigating to find out where they fell, as happened late at night,” he said, unknown if any of those bombs landed across border in China. a video posted by local media outlet Kachin Waves appears to show warning flares being fired as junta aircraft approached Chinese territory.

The attacks began about 3 hrs after KIA-led forces took control of Light Infantry Battalion 321 base near village of Shwe Nyaungbin in Waingmaw Township. The Myanmar military launches airstrikes on Laiza as KIA moves closer to Myitkyina, attacks were prompted by the capture of a key junta base near Waingmaw, a town located next to the Kachin State capital.