SAGAING DIVISION – Locals reported that they are concerned by the reckless artillery shelling from junta infantry division 33 in Sagaing, saying that infantry division 33 shelled the surroundings around 8 p.m. on December 17.
“It has been around eight rounds,” said a resident of Sagaing.
Moreover, the sound of the shelling can reportedly be heard from Mandalay, Myitnge and Paleik, that are about ten miles away. But it is not known yet where the shells landed.
Junta forces raided the villages to the southwest of Sagaing on December 7 and a revolutionary soldier was killed and two civilians were also killed by junta shelling.
Revolutionary forces have also been fighting back against the junta forces and the December 16 attack on the police outpost in Padu Village resulted in the death of a junta policeman.
In addition, revolutionary forces also captured junta police sergeant Yin Tun Maung from No. 3 Police Academy in Sagaing on December 8 when he made a temporary return home.
