One Chinese killed by bomb shot from Myanmar

• Source: Global Times
• [12:18 August 29 2009]
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He Yongchun, Vice President of Yunnan Provincial Red Cross Society, confirmed that one Chinese was killed and several others were injured by a bomb thrown from across China's border with Myanmar.

Fierce fightings between the Kokang ethnic army and the government forces in Kokang region in the northeastern part of the country were witnessed by Global Times correspondent who rushed there. 

The fightings in Saturday morning are near Yanglongzhai, a strategic place in Kokang where Kokang leader Pheung Kya-shin (Peng Jiasheng) and his fellows are hiding there.  The battle is continuing by the press time.

A well-informed person revealed that about 480 government forces were garrisoning on a small hill in Kokang. This morning, they charged down the hill and had a fierce shootout with Kokang ethnic army.

Judged by the shot, light machine guns, tommy-guns and rifles were used in the battle.

Possible overall civil war?

As the battle progressed, media and analysts worried that overall civil war may break out in Myanmar, the Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao reported.

Analysts believed that with another minority troop UWSA joining Kokang armed troops, other minority organizations which had reached cease-fire agreements with the government may join the warfare too. "If Myanmar government troops could adopt a conciliatory attitude to the minorities again, the situation will be better, otherwise the clash may lead to an overall civil war."