TAK – Intense fighting between Myanmar military forces and anti-junta resistance groups spilled across the border into Thailand overnight and into Monday, injuring four people and damaging several homes in Tak province. Multiple heavy weapons rounds, including 60-millimeter mortar shells, struck Mae Kon Kaen village in Thailand’s Mae Sot district, less than one kilometer from the border with Myanmar’s Myawaddy town.

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The cross-border shelling injured four Myanmar migrant workers, including one child, all of whom were transported to Mae Sot Hospital and are now reported to be in stable condition. At least six homes in the village sustained damage from the impacts. The skirmishes marked the most severe fighting in the area in a week, with heavy explosions clearly audible and visible from the Thai side of the frontier.

Mortar fire from fighting in Myawaddy struck the rural outskirts of Mae Sot, Thailand, Sunday, wounding four Myanmar workers. Thai forces fired smoke rounds back toward the conflict area and have increased security along the border. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar pic.twitter.com/qOdzGbmKeK

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In response, the Thai military fired four warning shots—understood to be illumination or smoke rounds—toward the conflict zone as a signal for combatants to cease fire and respect Thai sovereignty. Maj. Gen. Maitri Chooprecha, commander of the Naresuan Force, confirmed the warning had been issued but noted that the fighting showed no immediate signs of abating.

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As a safety precaution, authorities have closed Mae Kon Kaen School indefinitely and temporarily shut natural border crossings in Tak province. Thai military and security units remain on high alert along the frontier amid ongoing instability in neighboring Myanmar.

-Thailand News (TN)