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Thai Troops Storm Hospital Held by Burmese Rebels

HeadlineJan 25, 2000

Thai troops stormed a hospital held by Burmese rebels. A Thai officer said nine rebels died and all hostages were freed. An ethnic Karen faction calling itself “God’s Army” seized the hospital to protest Thai shelling in a border offensive by Burma.

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