SAGAING DIVISION – According to People’s Defense Forces (PDF) members, their comrade was shot and killed near Magyikan village, Myaung township last Wednesday (September 27), around 10:00 a.m.
“That comrade was leaving for Twingyi village from Tamasaykan village. The junta soldiers from Kyaukyit camp have been in hiding sentry since the previous night. He was spotted by those troops and was shot,” said an official of the Myaung PDF.
The deceased was from Sagaing District Battalion (6) who met the junta troops near Magyikan village on his way to Twingyi village by motorcycle, as stated by the PDF officer.
It is reported that the junta troops from Kyaikyit Camp have been in hide-out near Magyikan Village since September 26 and ambushed the PDF soldier (the next day).
In addition, the Junta troops reportedly confiscated the M-22 rifle and motorcycle belonging to the deceased soldier.
It is also reported that three PDF members and a civilian woman were killed in the junta’s aerial attack on Makyikwa village on September 26.