The 275th infantry battalion, the last remainingbattalion  in Myawaddy of Karen State, a key border town on Thailand border, was completely captured byKNU-Central on Thursday.

Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and joint forceshave completely captured the last remaining battalion in the morning hours of11 April.

KNLA,  Karen National Defense Organization (KNDO)and other  revolutionary joint forces launched the offensive against the275th battalion. Though they offered the battalion to surrender, the responsewas not positive. Rather the soldiers resisted and waited for reinforcements.So the offensive was launched on 8 April and finally it was fully captured by4:20 am. The fighters also seized  a significant volume of weapons andammunition.

Now all  junta camps in Myawaddy township havegone to the control of revolutionary forces. The KNU is now clearing allremaining remnants of junta soldiers and it urged the people to cooperate withthem.

Local sources also revealed that as the fighterscaptured the  275th battalion, the 44th division commander along with 200soldiers retreated to the number 2 friendship bridge.