NAYPYITAW, 20 September 2021, (TON): People’s Defence Force (PDF) fighters in Naypyitaw’s Lewe Township bombed a security checkpoint morning, injuring at least two police officers in the latest of a series of recent attacks in the capital.

The PDF said “in a statement that at least three officers were injured, while a witness told Myanmar Now she only saw two officers injured on their faces and chests.”

The witness said “after the explosion several police officers who had been standing away from the checkpoint ducked to the ground and pointed their guns at pedestrians, but did not shoot anyone.”

Neither the Lewe police station nor junta spokesperson Zaw Min Tun answered calls seeking comment on the attack.

It is the fourth attack the local PDF has launched in Naypyitaw. In the first week of September, the group shot and killed a deputy sheriff in an assault on a checkpoint in Shan Su. It also claimed responsibility for killing a suspected military informant from the Maung Yan village tract in Ottara Thiri Township.

In late August the PDF said that it killed 11 soldiers during an assault on a military column in Pyinmana Township. The junta has denied that the attack even took place.

Ngwe Soe, the Naypyitaw PDF’s information officer, said “the group would be accelerating its attacks against the junta in the city.”

He said “we are preparing more bomb attacks in Naypyitaw. We have to take extra care because of the tightened security. I would like to tell people to anticipate more attacks.

A local taxi driver said that the military has been carrying out more security checks than usual in the city and requiring people to obtain permission slips before travelling between townships.