Myanmar: Five PDF fighters killed in Sagaing clash

NAYPYITAW, 19 September 2021, (TON): According to a leader of the armed group “five members of the anti-junta Chaung-U People’s Defence Force (PDF) were killed in a clash with the military near the Sagaing Region town of the same name.”

The battle occurred in Methekyo village, two miles west of Chaung-U, and the Myanmar army reportedly deployed a helicopter in its fight against the PDF.

After a military-owned Mytel telecommunications tower was blown up by resistance forces around 5 miles west of Chaung-U, the military began raiding villages in the area.

In retaliation, the local PDF launched a guerilla attack against the junta’s troops outside Methekyo in what became an hour-long battle.

The PDF leader said “yesterday, the junta troops raided some villages, so the local defence forces carried out landmine attacks against them.”

He added that a Myanmar army airstrike soon followed. They used a Huskie to shoot [from above] and one of us was killed instantly. I think they also had a sniper.

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