SAGAING DIVISION – Yinmabin Township Prefecture 2 People’s Defence Force (PDF) – Regional Friends Fighters (RFF) said that a terrorist junta column and a military vehicle were attacked with mines on the Monywa-Pathein Road.
On April 8, around 8:15 a.m., junta hidden sentries on the Monywa-Pathein Road, and an iron plate reinforced truck carrying about 30 junta forces that came out from Kyaysarkya Village and Gongtaw Village as well as an infantry column numbering around 50, were blasted with mines by the Regional Friends Fighters (RFF) team.
The attack is said to have taken place between Kyaysarkya Village and Shwepekone Village and although junta infantry forces were seen falling, the casualty details cannot be confirmed.
Meanwhile, in Myaung Township, a terrorist junta soldier deployed at Kyaukyit Police Station is reported to have shot himself dead after getting drunk.
On Thursday morning (April 11), Saw Min Thu, a junta private living in an external quarter at Kyaukyit Police Station, reportedly lost himself after excessive drinking and committed suicide by shooting himself.
His body was said to have been swiftly cremated the same morning, around 11 a.m.
“We heard that he went crazy from drinking. He shot himself to death The name was Saw Min Thu. He was cremated around 11 a.m. He might have chosen to kill himself, as he might die sooner or later as we keep attacking them. One dead is one less thing to worry about,” said Lwin Gu, the information officer of Myaung Special People’s Defence Force (MSPDF).