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MANDALAY DIVISION – Local news source reported that junta council members who were drinking alcohol at Taungtha railway station were being attacked using mines. An official of Taungtha People’s Defence Organization (PDO) said that the attack was carried out at around 7:30 p.m. on January 9.
“We set up the mines in advance at the usual place where the junta thugs gathered after patrolling in the town and denoted it. They faced many injuries including the deputy chief. The details of the death toll have not yet been confirmed,” the person in charge of Taungtha PDO said.
Some residents commented that the junta side may face many casualties since the place attacked was where the junta troops always gathered, ate, and drank every night.
The operation was carried out together by Myingyan Battalion 3 and Taungtha Township PDO.
On January 8, the military council troops at the Natsaunt power substation were attacked by Local Defence Forces including Taungtha PDO, resulting in the killing of several military council members.