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TANINTHARYI DIVISION- The township’s public defense force announced that they went and attacked the junta council troops stationed at the entrance of Tanintharyi last Sunday (September 3).
Around 8 a.m., the junta council troops camp near the statue of General Aung San was attacked by the joint force of Tanintharyi PDF and Company-2 of Myeik District Batallion.
“Our side initiate the guerrilla attack. Both large and small weapons were fired and they returned fire continuously. It was a small shoot-out ,” said a Taninthari PDF member.
According to a statement from Tanintharyi PDF, both sides exchanged fire for about 15 minutes.
After the shooting, a house in Ban Lao village was damaged due to the junta thug’s arbitrary opening of heavy weapons. Moreover, heavy artillery shells exploded near Ban Thel village and Le Taungya village.
Recently, there have been more attacks on military council stations in Tanintharyi. Eleven out of thirty battles and shootings that took place in the Tanintharyi Division last August were attacks by the revolutionary forces against junta council and Pyu Saw Htee camps.
On August 31, a battle broke out between the Junta Army, which had moved towards Bang Kyuk village, and the People’s Defense Forces. Both sides have reported causalities and injuries.
The People’s Defense Forces have appealed to the people to exercise caution and follow the statements released by the revolutionary groups.