2021-02-06 04:05:20 GMT2021-02-06 12:05:20(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
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YANGON, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) At least nine civilians and three policemen were killed in an armed attack on a convoy of the former leading body member of Myanmar s self-administered zone, according to a statement released by the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Service Office on Saturday.
The convoy led by U Khin Maung Lwin, a former central executive committee member of Myanmar s Kokang Self-Administered Zone, was attacked by a group of 20 members from the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) on the way from Lashio to Laukkai, capital of Kokang Self-Administered Zone in Shan state on Friday afternoon, according to the statement.