伊江新闻：克缅两军在帕敢以北继续交战

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据伊江新闻杂志7月2日《帕敢战火持续伤及平民》编译。

克缅两军在帕敢镇北55-80公里处继续交战

Ka Mai小镇缅甸警官Tun Aung La：6月29日有5名村民在Ka Mai以北约25公里处的Kyauk Maw被克缅两军的交火所伤。“他们的汽车陷入战火之中遭到射击，现在Mo Gawng医院接受治疗。”

一位克军军官：7月1日上午克缅两军在帕敢北55公里处的Ka Mai小镇发生冲突，导致约80名村民逃离家园。

克军指责缅军入侵导致战争

驻扎在帕敢附近的一个克军营的Tang Seng上校说，帕敢局势非常复杂，缅军进入克军防区令战斗反复发生。“如果他们不进入我方防区，就不会有战事。今天上午，他们向我方一处阵地开火，用120mm炮打了12炮。很多缅军向我方阵地接近。”

Tang Seng上校说，缅军靠近克军阵地沿帕敢- Ka Mai道路进行了部署：“他们的部队沿道路一侧占领阵地，人数非常多。如果他们向我方阵地接近，战斗就会马上爆发。我们做好了战斗准备。”

Civilians Injured in Ongoing Fighting in Hpakant

By LAWI WENG / THE IRRAWADDY| Wednesday, July 1, 2015 |

RANGOON — Scores of civilians fled their homes on Wednesday while others were caught in the crossfire as conflict between government troops and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in Kachin State’s Hpakant Township continued over recent days.

Clashes on Wednesday morning near the small town of Ka Mai, around 55 km north of Hpakant, prompted some 80 villagers to flee their homes, according to a KIA officer.

Tun Aung La, a Burmese police officer in Ka Mai, told The Irrawaddy on Wednesday that five civilians were shot and injured on June 29 in Kyauk Maw, around 25 km further north of Ka Mai in Hpakant Township, as they were caught in the middle of a firefight between the Burma Army and the KIA.

“Their car was right in the middle of the fighting. They were shot and received treatment at Mo Gawng hospital,” said Tun Aung La, adding that he did not know which side was responsible for wounding the civilians.

Col Tang Seng from a KIA battalion based near Hpakant told The Irrawaddy that Kachin troops did not shoot the civilians and that the area where the incident took place was not under KIA control.

The colonel said the situation in Hpakant Township was very complicated and that fighting had repeatedly broken out when government troops entered KIA-held areas.

“If they didn’t enter our areas, there would be no fighting,” Col Tang Seng said. “They fired on one of our bases this morning. They fired 12 times using 120 mm artillery. Many of their troops approached our base.”

Clashes in Hpakant Township have sporadically occurred since early June, KIA spokesperson La Nan told The Irrawaddy last week, when Burma Army troops captured several rebel positions.

Amid heightened tensions, a string of bomb blasts also occurred in Hpakant on June 17, injuring two police officers, with the perpetrators still unknown.

Burma Army troops have been deployed along the road from Hpakant to Ka Mai, close to KIA bases, according to Col Tang Seng.

“Their troops have taken positions along the side of the road; there are many of them there. Fighting will break out again soon if they come close to our bases. We are prepared to fight,” Col Tang Seng said.