Anti-regime fighters shoot down Myanmar junta fighter jet: KNDF

The Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF) claimed on Thursday to have shot down a junta warplane over Hpasawng Township, Karenni (Kayah) State, causing the deaths of both men on board. 

The fighter jet was flying towards Hpasawng, Karenni State, with the apparent aim of conducting an airstrike on the KNDF-controlled town, located around 16 miles from the Thailand-Myanmar border in southern Karenni State. 

“Our frontline positions have heavy machine guns at the ready, including point-fives and point-eights, which use to fire on junta warplanes when they fly over,” KNDF spokesperson Tar El Soe told Myanmar Now.