SAGAING DIVISION – After the public defense forces occupied and cleared the police station in Kanhtooma village, the fighting continued fiercely. It is learned that the giant column of the terrorist army, which suffered a lot, is burning down houses today.
On the afternoon of February 21st, the regional police station in Kanhtooma village was attacked and occupied by the People’s Defense Joint Forces and cleared by fire. After that, from 8:00 p.m. on February 22nd to 6:00 a.m. on February 23rd, the public defense forces again blocked and attacked the army’s giant column that entered the village of Kanhtooma, resulting in many casualties among the soldiers of the junta council, according to a front-line soldier.
“After seizing the police station, the air bombarded it more than 20 times. The giant column that was in the Ye Oo area also took the help of airstrikes and entered Kanhtooma. Because the police station was burnt down to ashes, we attacked those stationed in high-rise buildings. The casualties were considerable, but it has not been confirmed yet,” he said.
Residents of Kanhtooma Model Village say that the terrorist army, suffering from the battle, burned the bodies of the soldiers and set fire to the houses in the south and north of the village.
In the battle, many soldiers of the junta council were killed, one member of the People’s Defense Force was hit in the neck by shrapnel and 6 other members of the public defense force received injuries but not serious ones.