![]() “The clash occurred near Tebin Kan village yesterday,” said one resident, who declined to be named. Residents of Yinmabin township confirmed that the landmine ambush had occurred near Tebin Kan on Monday and said junta troops were quick to respond, forcing villagers to evacuate. He added that the military had only suffered major casualties once in Sagaing, during a clash in Pinglebu township on Sept. Zaw Min Tun said that one of the vehicles in the convoy that had escaped the attack in Pale was later damaged in a landmine ambush near Yinmabin township’s Tebin Kan village, leaving several troops wounded. Some of our soldiers were wounded, but not in a life-threatening way, and we confiscated some of the enemy’s weapons and ammunition.” They dynamited our vehicles in the attack. “In the incidents in both Pale and Hteegyaing, there were some casualties,” he acknowledged. Zaw Min Tun confirmed that fighting had taken place in Sagaing on Monday but denied PDF claims that an officer or any other soldier had been killed. ![]() Speaking to RFA, the military’s deputy information minister Maj. 9-11, and claimed that around 100 government troops were stationed at the school in Laytha village as of Tuesday. He said soldiers had arrested at least 20 residents of Hteegyaing, including a doctor, from Oct. The PDF member said that a fifth person from the militia-a 50-year-old man named Tin Nyunt-was “killed after being arrested,” but did not provide further details. four people were killed in the incident.” “They mostly used heavy weapons most of the time and our young fighters bravely fought them back. “The military came in huge numbers, hoping to find many PDF fighters in the villages,” the PDF member said, adding that the soldiers were troops from the junta’s 33rd Division. 2 Police Station in Monywa township left at least two officers dead on Monday, while militiamen shot and killed a soldier in a guard tower in Minging township’s Kyauk-khe-det village the same day.Īlso on Monday, four militia fighters were killed in a shootout with local security forces near Hteegyaing township’s Laytha village, a member of the local PDF told RFA, speaking on condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisal. ![]() Our area of Sagaing has the strongest resistance and fights the fiercest battles.”īoh Nagar also claimed that his militia had ambushed a military convoy in Pale township twice on Tuesday morning but said the extent of the damage was unknown.Īdditionally, PDF members told RFA that a grenade attack on the No. “He was in a small car in the middle of the 23 vehicles and we waited patiently to blow it up. “We had been waiting for the convoy since as we heard a senior commander would be coming along,” he said. 1 coup.Īt least 30 government troops, including a tactical commander, were killed Monday morning when a military convoy triggered landmines outside of Pale township, local PDF spokesman Boh Nagar told RFA’s Myanmar Service. All six townships have seen frequent clashes since the military seized power from Myanmar’s democratically elected government in a Feb. The fighting took place on Monday as reinforced junta soldiers launched a clearing operation in the townships of Pale, Yinmabin, Monywa, Mingin, Hteegyaing, and Chaung-Oo, according to PDF members and residents. Clashes between Myanmar’s military and People’s Defense Force (PDF) militias in embattled Sagaing region have left at least 30 government troops dead, PDF sources said Tuesday, while reports emerged of soldiers loyal to the junta attacking civilians and looting their possessions. ![]()
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