Myanmar Regime Checkpoints Near Govt Offices Raided in Resistance Stronghold

By NORA 1 Might 2023

5 Myanmar junta troopers have been reported killed on Saturday when a mixed power of Folks’s Protection Forces (PDF) attacked regime checkpoints close to authorities places of work in Monywa, the capital of resistance stronghold Sagaing Area.

Round 10 resistance teams together with Monywa PDF Battalion 5 collectively ambushed two junta checkpoints close to the city’s Street Transport Administration Division and Agriculture Division places of work.

At the very least 5 army regime troops have been killed in Saturday’s assault, based on Monywa PDF Battalion 5. The Irrawaddy was unable to confirm the declare independently.

Native residents confirmed the assaults, saying that they heard gunfire.

A retailer proprietor near the Street Transport Administration Division mentioned that every one retailers close by are closed following the assault.

“A lot of the retailers are nonetheless closed. I believe I’ll in all probability open my store within the subsequent two or three days,” she mentioned on Monday.

A Monywa PDF Battalion 5 resistance fighter mentioned that his workforce members performed the mission with nice care to stop civilian casualties.

“I believe native residents have additionally change into adept at adapting to the revolution and avoiding the areas the place combating happens,” he added.

Resistance group Chindwin Assault Pressure, which took half within the assault, additionally launched a brief video exhibiting the combating between regime troops and the mixed resistance forces.

The footage reveals resistance fighters making an attempt to rescue a wounded comrade, in addition to the reverberating sound of gunfire.

4 resistance fighters have been injured within the assault, based on Monywa PDF Battalion 5.

The Monywa Street Transport Administration Division has been attacked a number of occasions this yr.

Round forty junta troops have been stationed within the compound of the Street Transport Administration Division because the 2021 coup.