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MAGWAY DIVISION – The People’s Defense Forces – Yaysagyo township People’s Defense Forces announced on August 18 that 7 junta soldiers were killed when the Revolutionary Joint Forces ambushed a terrorist group that had split into 3 columns in Yaysagyo township.
At around 10:00 a.m. on August 17, the terrorist soldiers who split into 3 columns from the forest of Saithay village towards the village of Myay Mahla village were awaited and attacked in close range by the joint revolutionary forces who were waiting from the forest on top of the hill between the two villages. In this attack, 7 terrorist soldiers were killed and many were injured.
The 257th Battalion of the Terrorist War Council Army came to help them in a lorry, and they substituted with the wounded soldiers and moved forward. Around 4 p.m. between Taung U village and Myay Hla village, a second attack was carried out by the Revolutionary Joint Forces who were waiting.
In this attack, 3 terrorist soldiers who were at the front were killed and many may be injured.
These operations were jointly carried out by the People’s Defense Forces – Yaysagyo township, Pakokku District Battalion No. 9 and the Spring Warriors YSO-Yaylae Kyun Area Regiment, and there were no casualties among the revolutionary forces.