SAGAING DIVISION – Locals reported that the terrorist junta soldiers of Light Infantry Battalion – 361 and junta-backed Pyu Saw Htee thugs carried out arson attacks in Myauk Inn and Oe Thei Kone villages of Taze Township without any fight, burning down 33 residential houses and killing a woman.
On March 18, at around 11:00 a.m., around 180 of fascist junta soldiers and Pyu Saw Htee militants that carried out offensive attacks in Taze Township, burned and destroyed Myauk Inn Village. They also set on fire Oe Thei Kone Village, at 11:23 a.m., on March 19.
“The junta dogs (military soldiers) and Pyu Saw Htee thugs committed arson raids under the pretext of securing the opening ceremony of the bridge in Mu Kwa and matriculation exam. A girl also died due to smoke inhalation and lack of oxygen. At present, they were torching Nyaung Lay Pin and Oe Thei Kone villages, and also launched reckless artillery attacks,” said a local.
Myauk Inn Village of Taze Township was invaded and burned by the terrorist junta forces four times, and at least 61 residential houses have been burned down.