Myanmar soldiers flee to India after border clash with rebels: police

At least 43 soldiers have surrendered to police in the Indian state of Mizoram a day after heavy clashes with anti-junta rebel fighters

FILE PHOTO: A general view of a camp of the Myanmar ethnic rebel group Chin National Front is seen on the Myanmar side of the India-Myanmar border close to the Indian village of Farkawn in th

At least 43 Myanmar soldiers have surrendered to police in the Indian state of Mizoram a day after heavy clashes with anti-junta rebel fighters, an Indian police official said on Tuesday.

"Whether they will be pushed back or not, we are waiting for further instructions from the central government," Mizoram police official Lalmalsawma Hnamte told Reuters.