The Arakan Army – AA expressed that two fighter jets from the terrorist SAC bombed a camp of the AA in the area of the KNLA Brigade – 5, Karen State near the Thai-Myanmar border this afternoon on July 4.
As a result of the airstrikes, the AA said in a statement that some AA troops were killed and others wounded in the vicinity of the camp and some buildings were damaged including a clinic, a hospital and a sewing factory inside the camp.
The statement said that the two fighter jets of the SAC entered Thai airspace after a sudden bombing of their camp near the border from Myanmar (Karen State).
“When the AA camp is attacked, if the AA side retaliates militarily, fighting could break out in Rakhine State,” a Rakhine resident told the MPA.
Military tensions between the Arakan Army (AA) and the terrorist army are also high in Rakhine State, and clashes broke out between the two sides last month in Paletwa Township, Chin State.
The Arakan Army (AA) has a temporary headquarters in Laiza, Kachin State, and operates with the Northern Alliance. A statement from the AA said today that some fighters had been killed and wounded, although no exact casualty list was released, a source confirmed that three troops of the Arakan Army (AA) were killed, seven were seriously injured and the other three were not in critical condition.
The Arakan Army (AA) has a battalion of about 300 troops and about 100 battalions in Rakhine State, with nearly 8,000 troops deployed in allied territories across Burma, according to the AA. Fighting between the terrorist SAC and armed revolutionary forces is raging in Karen State, where the AA based camp is now under attack.