Over 10,000 displaced people need clothing, food in Namkham

By Admin 24 Nov 2023

DMG Newsroom
24 November 2023, Namkham

Over 10,000 residents from Namkham town in northern Shan State who have been displaced by recent fighting urgently need clothes and food supplies, according to the Ta’ang Women’s Organization and volunteers helping displaced people.

The Ta’ang National Liberation Army and junta troops are engaged in fierce fighting in Namkham Township. Locals were forced to flee Namkham after junta troops deployed on a hill near the municipal office in the town fire artillery on Tuesday.

“Residents have fled to rural areas where they stay in village monasteries and their relatives’ [homes]. They need food and clothes. They need coats. It is freezing here,” said a volunteer.

A 30-year-old woman and a man were killed by a junta artillery strike on Tuesday. A 3-year-old toddler and three men in their 30s were injured.

“The 3-year-old toddler suffered serious injury, he might need amputation. Three men were also badly injured. They are receiving treatment in Namkham Hospital,” said a member of the Ta’ang Women’s Organization.

TNLA troops seized a base of the junta-affiliated Pansay militia and some junta positions in Namkham Township on November 18-19. Since then, junta military units in the area have been shelling every day, according to the TNLA.