NAYPYITAW, 26 August 2021, (TON): According to an official from the local resistance group ”at least 30 troops from the junta’s armed forces were killed and 15 wounded when a military convoy leaving Gangaw in Magwe Region was hit by landmines set up by the Yaw Defence Force (YDF).”

The YDF official told media "the first of the eight cars was overturned. Everything was destroyed. The second car was unharmed. The third and fourth cars were also hit by the landmines.”

He added that a group of 16 YDF members fired homemade rocket launchers at the convoy, which was headed toward Kalay in Sagaing Region after the mines exploded, intensifying the attack.

The YDF official said that one of the unharmed military cars fired about 15 shots with an RPG, then we exchanged fire. Once we succeeded, we withdrew from the location. The fighting lasted for only 10 minutes. Then the junta’s army fired gunshots indiscriminately.

“The army gathered the injured soldiers and bodies and left.”

Though the junta’s army fired back on the local resistance fighters, the YDF reportedly suffered no casualties, but there was minor damage to nearby sesame fields.