Clashes in the city of Goghali cut off trade routes along the Myanmar-Thailand border.
It is reported that on the morning of December 1, an exchange of fire broke out in Kayin State and Kaogali City, Myanmar, resulting in local civilian casualties and cutting off the trade route along the Myanmar-Thailand border.
According to a staff member of a local social assistance organization, on December 1, there was an exchange of fire between the KNLA (Karen National Liberation Army) and the Myanmar security police.
The KNLA organization has fired rockets into residential areas, resulting in local civilian casualties, and the local population has been largely evacuated to safety.
A staff member of the social assistance organization in Kayin Bang Gagari said:
"As a result of the fighting in and around the city, rockets also landed on the roofs of people and exploded, killing and wounding others.
We had no choice but to evacuate our families to safety. ”
It is reported that there were both rocket explosions and drone bomb bomb bomb explosions, and the local people were so panicked that they fled their homes to take refuge.
It is reported that near the Myawaddy Trade Route, Gogali City, and Konuan Village, large trucks are lying on the road. Due to the intensity of the fighting, border trade activities were forced to stop.
A border trader said that since the night of December 1, a drone bomb attack has been used, causing trade activities to be suspended.
"Yesterday, there was an attack using a drone to drop a bomb on the cargo terminal, which led to the suspension of trade activities," the border trader said. No one dared to go into the cargo station again. As of now, large trucks and buses are afraid to drive on the mountain road. ”
Vehicles that urgently need to return to Myanmar from the Myawaddy border are struggling along the Myawaddy-Ninang-Wishan-Tougaogou-Naboo-Lambai route.