KACHIN STATE – A junta council column that had come back from patrolling was blasted in Aye Mya Tharyar ward, Hpakant Township, Kachin state, on the evening of May 9. As a result, two junta council troops were killed on the spot and it was known that the dead bodies were sent to the hospital.
A Hpakant local mentioned that “a junta council column which had come back from patrolling were blasted, the junta council troops were gone up. We have seen two troops killed at the scene. We can see the blood stains at the place where the explosion broke out until the next morning.”