BAGO DIVISION – The junta Zeephyukone Police Station in Aung Mingalar Village, Letpantan Township and the gambling den near Zeephyukone station were reportedly raided by the People’s Defence Force (PDF) at about 11:00 p.m. on Saturday (July 1), killing five junta troops.
The dead junta soldiers were Surveillance Officer Aung Khaing from Zeephyukone Police Station, Police Private Than Zaw Oo and another police private whose identity is unconfirmed and two junta-backed militants (pyu saw htee). The dead bodies and the injured were said to have been sent to Zeephyukone Hospital.
“The PDF fired at the gambling den first, killing three police and two junta militants there. They raided the police station only after that attack,” said a local.
It was said that the junta soldiers came in a car to the place where the incident happened the next morning (July 2) and investigated around the area and junta soldiers closed off Zeephyukone Market, Aung Mingalar Street and the street near the hospital.