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Border security boosted as fighting erupts in Myanmar

Clash erupted in Myanmar when anti-coup rebels stormed into police station to free their colleagues.

Thick smoke and flames billow over the border area in Myanmar, and gunfire is heard, opposite Sangkhla Buri district of Kanchanaburi on Saturday morning. (Photo: Piyarat Chongcharoen)

KANCHANABURI: Security has been tightened along the border in Sangkhla Buri district as fresh fighting erupted in Myanmar on Saturday morning.

Myanmar troops clashed with unknown forces for more than one hour. People on the Thai side of the border heard the sound of gunfire around 6.30am, with thick smoke and flames billowing over Myanmar’s Payathongzu township, opposite Phra Chedi Sam Ong village Moo 9 in tambon Nong…

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