Four days of continuous fighting between the Tatmadaw and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) in northern Shan state’s Lashio city have left at least 17 junta troops dead and forced hundreds of civilians to flee their homes, according to an RFA report quoting local media.

Clashes began on Aug. 28 when military troops attacked members of the MNDAA and escalated the following day throughout Lashio’s townships of Pangsang, Kyukoke and Mongko, local sources told RFA’s Myanmar Service.

Four civilians, including a 10-year-old child, were killed in shelling by military troops on Aug. 29.