Myanmar airstrikes target rebel camp near border, panic in Mizoram village

Subject: International Relations

Residents of Mizoram’s Farkawn village, within 2 to 5 km of Camp Victoria, panicked when they heard sounds of the bombing.
People working on the Indian side of the river Tiau, which demarcates the international boundary, fled to their homes in the village.
The Myanmar military launched air strikes on Camp Victoria in Chin State late Tuesday afternoon, and it continued into the night. The Chin Human Rights Organisation said five of its cadres, two of them women, were killed in the strikes.

Chin Community

Since late 1980s, thousands of members of the Chin community of Myanmar have fled to Mizoram because of the military junta.
Though many returned to Myanmar after democracy was restored in the country, thousands of them are still living in the state.
After the recent political turmoil in Myanmar, People belonging to Myanmar’s Chin community were seeking to migrate to Mizoram to escape a military crackdown, primarily because of the Chin National Army (CNA), an extremist group seeking self-determination in Chin State across the border.
The Chin community and the Mizos in India belong to the Zo ethnic group, which share the same ancestry.

Chin National Army

Chin National Army is the armed wing of Chin National Front (CNF), a group fighting for a federal union based on self-determination, ethnic equality and democracy in Myanmar.