MAGWAY DIVISION – It has been reported that the alliance of People Defense Force attacked the junta council troops stationed at Min village, Yaelelkyun, Yesagyo town, Magway division for the second time.
The accountable person of Myingyan district battalion 3 mentioned that the alliance of PDFs attacked the junta council troops stationed at Min village using heavy weapons and small arms at around 4:30 a.m. on May 12.
The accountable person added that “it was a close encounter and we attacked them from only 150 meters away. The confrontation lasted for around 45 minutes. At the present, we can’t confirm the number of the junta and Pyu casualties as only the members of Pyu Saw Htee and the junta council troops live in that village.”
The PDF alliance forces often went and attacked that village as the junta council troops and the members of Pyu Saw Htee have been stationed in Min village for more than one year and they (the combination of the junta council troops and Pyu Saw Htee) often raided the nearby villages and abducted the civilians and tortured.
That attack was jointly carried out by the Myingyan district battalion 3, Burmese Guerrilla Force, The value of young men, Liberation Army of Central Region (LACR) and the Yaelelkyun alliance forces. It was known that the members of PDFs could manage to disengage successfully.