The Karen National Union (KNU) announced on December 3 that more than 100 troops of the Military Council were killed during a series of clashes in November in the Mutraw District (Hpapun) area of the Karen National Union (KNU) Brigade (5) territory.

According to the KNU, there were 151 clashes, killing 103 troops of the military council and injuring 88 others.

The statement said the dead included a battalion commander and a company commander, and the wounded included a battalion commander and a company commander,

The KNU also said that six horses belonging to the military council were killed and six others were injured in the fighting, and seven military vehicles were destroyed in a blaze.

It was said in the statement that three troops of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) were killed and seven others were injured in the clashes between November 1 and 30.

It was also stated that the junta’s troops fired artillery at local farms and fired 53 artillery shells villages during the fighting.

A total of 204 clashes took place in the KNU Brigade 5 territory in Mutraw District last October, killing 93 soldiers and injuring 96 others, according to the KNU.