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SAGAING DIVISION- Displaced persons stated that locals of Khampat Town have been fleeing to safety after they found out the Junta army advancing towards their town in Tamu District, which was seized by the People’s Defense Forces (PDFs).
“A month after the local defense forces occupied the military base in Khampat and took control of it on November 7, the military launched offensives to regain Khampat Town starting in early December and the residents have been fleeing to safe places,” said a local.
“Residents of Ward No. (1) and (2) dare not stay home due to aerial attacks. Almost all the residents in town have been fleeing the war, most are elderly and children,” he continued.
The whole town of Khampat was evacuated and fled the war for the first time on July 23 and the second time on November 3. It was the third time the whole town had been fleeing.
The military council is conducting an operation to regain the town with approximately (200) forces and four residents of Khampat town who had been fleeing the war were reportedly arrested. It is possible that a battle may break out in Khampat between the military council forces and the local defense forces at any time.