A protester holds a placard in support of the Kachin Independence Organisation and its armed wing, the Kachin Independence Army, during an anti-coup demonstration in the jade mining town of Hpakant in Kachin State on May 3. (Kachinwaves / AFP)
A protester holds a placard in support of the Kachin Independence Organisation and its armed wing, the Kachin Independence Army, during an anti-coup demonstration in the jade mining town of Hpakant in Kachin State on May 3. (Kachinwaves / AFP)

KIA claims Tatmadaw helicopter downing in Kachin State

A Kachin Independence Army spokesman said the shooting of the aircraft was in response in attacks on their troops by the Myanmar military using jet fighters and helicopter gunships.

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