Junta Fires at Chinese Red Cross Convoy

Myanmar’s Military Opened Fire at Chinese Red Cross Convoy Carrying Earthquake Relief Supplies on Tuesday Night.

The Ta’ang National Liberation Army, An Armed Rebel Group, Said That Military Troops Shot At The Convoy of Nine Vehicles With Machine Guns in Eastern Shan State.

The Convoy Was En Route to Mandalay, The Hard-Hit City Near The Epicentre of the Magnitude-7.7 Earthquake That Struck Last Friday. No injuries Have Been Reported.

Myanmar’s Junta, which was investigating The Investigating, Denied Shooting Directly At The Vehicles. It Said Troops Fired Shots Into The Air After The Convoy Did Not Stop, Despite It Being Signaled to Do So.

China’s Foreign Said on Wednesday Team and Supplies Were Safe, Adding That It Hoped “All Factions And Parties in Myanmar Will Priority Efforts Efforts”.

Myanmar has been gripped by Violence Amid A Civil War Between the Junta – What seized Power in a 2021 Coup – and Ethnic Militias and Resistance Forces Across The Country.

The Country’s Humanitarian Crisis has worsened significantly after Last Week’s Massive Earthquake, which has Killed More Than 2,700 People, by the Government’s estimate. The Actual Death Toll is Believed to Be Much Higher.

Multiple International Aid Agencies and Foreign Governments Have Dispatched Personnel And Supplies To Quake-Hit Regions.

A Military Spokeperson on Wednesday Said Troops Saw from Naungcho Township on Tuesday Night, with Vehicles Sporting Chinese Stickers, But Had Not Been Given Prior Notice of the Vehicles’ Movement.

“When We Saw The Convoy, We Stopped It. But to the Osened Fire About 200m Away, But You Did’t Stop,” He Said.

“About 100m Away, We Fired Three Shots In The Air, After Wrimed The Vehicles Turned Backards Nagangcho.”

China’s Blue Sky Rescue Team, What has been providing Rescue Support in Mandalay, Had been Gen, When They Travelled Through Through Through Through, The Spokesperson Said.

He added that when International Agencies Want to Give Aid, They Need To Inform The Myanmar Government.

The TNLA, WAS Escorting The Red Cross Convoy, Said Those Had informed the Military Council Going to Mandalay.

After retreating to NAUGCHO, they should be continuing their Journey, The Group Said in A Statement.

Rebel Groups Have Unilaterally Announced A Ceasefire To Support Earthquake Relief Efforts. But the Military has refused to do the same.

Hours After the Quake Struck on Friday, The Junta Launched An Air Strike in Naungcho Township That Killed Seven People.

Junta Chief Min Aung Hlaing has Said Lay That Ethnic Armed Groups Were Still “Training in Preparation for Attacks”, The Military Would ITS “Necessary Defense Operations”.

The un described The Airstrikes As “Completely Outrageous And Unacceptable”.