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BAGO DIVISION – A junta vehicle with junta soldiers and police on board was attacked on the Taungoo Road section of the Yangon-Mandalay Express Way by Taungoo District People’s Defence Force (PDF) and allied forces, resulting in the death of three junta police and six more were injured.
PDF soldiers attacked the patrolling junta vehicle at the 144th mile post around 2 p.m. on May 28. One PDF soldier confirmed the attack and junta casualties, adding that the junta vehicle caught on fire and that the revolutionary forces were able to return unharmed.
He added that the revolutionary forces fell back as junta forces from nearby Zeepintha and Bawdikone police sentries arrived at the scene.
“There are a lot of police activities between Nay Pyi Taw and Yangon. There are a large number (of junta forces). There are also those in civilian disguise,” said a traveller who used the express way on May 29 morning.
The Special Operation Force of Taungoo District PDF Battalion 3501 had previously attacked the ten vehicles convoy carrying junta Quarter Master General Lit. Gen Kyaw Swar Lin near 169th mile on the express way last year on July 7. There were reports of casualties on the junta side in that attack but the details were not clear.
Lit. Col. Ye Naing from Taungoo based Air Defense Battalion 1015 and Lit. Col. Than Htut in charge of the interrogation in Yangon Division were also attacked and killed on the express way last year on May 31 and January 22 respectively. The former was attacked by Yedashe PDF and the latter was eliminated by Taungoo District Battalion 3501.