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at one point, before returning after China fired warning shots. Two artillery shells fired by
Tatmadaw ground troops landed on the Chinese side of the border around 2pm and 5pm. The battalion commander of Light Infantry Battalion 387 was killed during the fighting on 12 April, according to KIA
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The capture of the airbase, provided the Kachin
Independence Army public support and attention. The Tatmadaw continued to attempt to recapture the base periodically, suffering heavy casualties each time. The battle of Alaw Bum would remain the only attack directly commanded by the KIA, with later
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On the 11-14 April, the
Tatmadaw conducted multiple assaults on the Alaw Bum military base in response to a Northern Alliance attack on a police station in Naungmon. The Tatmadaw's Light Infantry Battalion 320, consisting of 2 columns of about 100 troops, attacked the Alaw Bum military base.
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to the hill during the attack between 7am and 10pm on 12 April. The air strikes targeted KIA frontline positions, with the majority striking in quick succession around 1pm. According to local residents, the jets crossed the border into
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Colonel Naw Bu, the decision to attack was made after the Tatmadaw provoked the KIA by launching artillery attacks from Alaw Bum onto the KIA's Ferlam Bum outpost on 22 March.
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defenders and repelling future assaults on the base. The Alaw Bum base is located on the
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