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SAGAING DIVISION – Northwestern Command Headquarters, based in Monywa City – was attacked with Short missiles and drop bombs by drones. An official from the Kyauklongyi KLG PDF unit said that the drone bombardment killed a large number of people, including 2 high-ranking officers of the terrorist army.
On April 24th, around 7:00 p.m., 20 rockets were fired and bombarded by 5 drones, into the Northwestern Command, based in Monywa. As a result of the bombardment, rockets hit the Zeya Thiri hall inside the regional headquarters while senior officers of the terrorist army were holding a meeting, killing many, including 2 high-ranking officers.
In addition, the central guard quarter was also hit by a rocket and exploded further, killing soldiers, including a major, who were left flying and dying on the tarmac until they had to scoop up the pieces of flesh with a shovel. 4 policemen guarding the regional office also died in the trench.
There was an explosion of drone bombs and rockets into the residence compound of commander Than Hteik, there were casualties, and the explosion also hit the 7th officer quarter of the battlefield medical battalion, resulting in the deaths of terrorist soldiers.
It is reported that the army in-house hospital in the regional military headquarters / 300 officers’ quarter, Logistics Corps 929, Food Storage, the military security team office building, and the BE mine unit were also hit, and many terrorist soldiers were killed, and injured and had to be transported to the hospital in armored vehicles.
“We need a lot of support from the public to continue fighting like this,” said an official from the Kyauklonggyi KLG PDF force.
Because of the attack, the Northwestern Military Command and the 508th Artillery Battalion fired howitzers at the villages where people lived in the surrounding area. In addition, the Commander of the North-West Military Command, Than Hteik, called for emergency air support. At 9:00 pm, a Yak-130 Light Attack Fighter Jet took off from the Tada Oo Air Base and flew 8 times around the Northwestern Command cantonment and Monywa’s temporary air base.
The attack was carried out by the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd Battalion of the Yinmarbin District. KLG PDF – Chindwin Rocket Brothers -(C.R.B), Dragon Brothers Task Force-DBTF, Advance 47, Chindwin Brothers, Kani Cho Mai Mai, Yinmarbin Cho Mai Mai, Monywa District Battalion 13th and other allied groups cooperated. During the attack, the Nationwide Air Scout-NAS-Air Scout Group helped to protect the air defense.