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SAGAING DIVISION – Joint People’s Defence Force (PDF) attacked the junta council troops that launched offensives into Kani Township, resulting in many junta casualties.
Around 300 strong junta column invaded Kani from Yinmabin starting August 17, split into three columns, and the joint PDF intercepted and attacked them for two consecutive days near Kyaukkone Village and Nwarchankone Village.
“It was a fierce clash, happened for two days straight. The junta forces were blocked off and attacked so they suffered huge damages,” said a member of Kani PDF.
The attacked junta troops had abducted eight civilians, including two women, in Yinmabin Township on August 16 and massacred them all on the Yamar Chaung Bridge. They were attacked when they entered Kani.
The casualty report on the junta side is not known yet. But, the wounded junta column torched Nwarchankone Village, causing residents from the nearby villages of Kyunkalay, Yinboh, Nattaung, Natmyauk, Daungchan and Ohnpinseik to flee.