{"id":271923,"date":"2025-04-02T05:11:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T05:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/02\/military-fires-on-chinese-aid-convoy-in-myanmar-rebels-say\/"},"modified":"2025-04-02T05:11:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T05:11:04","slug":"military-fires-on-chinese-aid-convoy-in-myanmar-rebels-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/02\/military-fires-on-chinese-aid-convoy-in-myanmar-rebels-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Military Fires on Chinese Aid Convoy in Myanmar, Rebels Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/02\/multimedia\/02int-myanmar-redcross-qkcw\/02int-myanmar-redcross-qkcw-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Military Fires on Chinese Aid Convoy in Myanmar, Rebels Say\" title=\"Military Fires on Chinese Aid Convoy in Myanmar, Rebels Say\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Soldiers in Myanmar opened fire on a convoy of vehicles carrying relief supplies from the Chinese Red Cross for earthquake victims in the badly hit city of Mandalay, according to a rebel armed group in Myanmar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The attack was the latest indication that the military, which seized power in a coup four years ago and is fighting a fierce civil war that has caused widespread suffering, would not stop hostilities despite last Friday\u2019s devastating earthquake that killed at least 2,700.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a statement on Tuesday night, Myanmar\u2019s junta chief, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, said military operations will continue as \u201cnecessary protective measures\u201d despite the earthquake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The convoy came under attack by military forces using machine guns at 9:21 p.m. on Tuesday at Ummati village in Naung Cho township as it was traveling toward the central city of Mandalay, the Ta\u2019ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) said in a post on its Telegram channel late on Tuesday. It did not say how many people were in the convoy or whether there were any fatalities or injuries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">As a result of the attack, the convoy had to retreat to Naung Cho, according to the TNLA. It said that it has stepped in to protect the convoy, ensuring that it continues its journey to deliver aid to those in need.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Myanmar\u2019s military and the Red Cross Society of China did not immediately respond to requests for comment. China, which has close relations with Myanmar, was one of the first countries to respond to the earthquake, deploying search-and-rescue teams and sending about $14 million in emergency aid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the wake of the disaster, the National Unity Government, the shadow government in exile, and the Three Brotherhood Alliance, made up of three rebel groups including the TNLA, announced cease-fires.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But the army has continued to bomb parts of the country since the disaster. On Tuesday around 5.30 p.m., 38 young trainees of the Kachin Independence Army (K.I.A.), an armed group battling the military in northern Myanmar, were killed in an airstrike in Kachin State, according to Colonel Naw Bu, the spokesman of the K.I.A.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It is unclear why the Chinese Red Cross vehicles were targeted. But the attack underscores the chaos and challenges of delivering aid in a war zone. Since the coup, a total of 6,476 people, including pro-democracy activists and civilians, have been killed by the junta and pro-military groups, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, an advocacy group.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In recent days, international aid groups such as the World Food Program and UNICEF have entered Mandalay and the neighboring war-torn region of Sagaing, a stronghold of the resistance where desperate people say food and water are running out fast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But locals in both places have said their attempts to help with search and rescue have been stymied by the military, which has blocked them from entering collapsed buildings and imposed curfews.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/02\/world\/asia\/myanmar-quake-aid.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soldiers in Myanmar opened fire on a convoy of vehicles carrying relief supplies from the Chinese Red Cross for earthquake victims in the badly hit city of Mandalay, according to a rebel armed group in Myanmar. The attack was the latest indication that the military, which seized power in a coup four years ago and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/02\/multimedia\/02int-myanmar-redcross-qkcw\/02int-myanmar-redcross-qkcw-facebookJumbo.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[41,3394,22910,137233,5903,42709,206464,2198,206643,25244,29975,208678],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271923"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271923"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":271925,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271923\/revisions\/271925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}