300 Myanmar Refugees Flee To Mizoram After 2 Chin Armed Groups Start Fighting

300 Myanmar Refugees Flee To Mizoram After 2 Chin Armed Groups Start Fighting

Some 300 refugees from Myanmar fled to Mizoram's Zokhawthar village after clashes between two Chin insurgent groups broke out in the neighbouring country, officials said.

Fresh influx of refugees as Chin rebel groups clash near Mizoram...

Renewed armed hostilities between rival Chin insurgent groups in Myanmar’s Chin state have triggered the arrival of around 300 fresh refugees into Zokhawthar village in Mizoram’s...

Fresh clashes in Myanmar force 300 more refugees into Mizoram’s Zokhawthar

Aizawl, July 5: Around 300 refugees from Myanmar crossed into Zokhawthar village in Mizoram’s Champhai district following fresh clashes between armed groups in Myanmar’s Chin State. Zokhawthar, which lies along the Indo-Myanmar border, witnessed the latest wave of displacement as violence escalated in the neighbouring Rihkhawdar and Khawmawi villages. According to sources, intense gunfire broke out between the Chinland Defence Force – Hualngoram…