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Myanmar: PDF bombs military supply train travelling to Yangon from Mandalay
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NAYPYITAW, 08 October 2021, (TON): Local People’s Defence Force (PDF) fighters in Mandalay Region have said “they bombed a military supply train that was heading to Yangon on Tuesday, badly damaging part of the vehicle.”
A member of the PDF in Myittha Township said “the attack took place around 6pm as the train passed over the Samar bridge on the Yangon-Mandalay highway, some 70km south of Mandalay.”
He told media “the back part of the train was badly damaged as the bomb was made with four-inch-diameter pipes.”
“There were no casualties. It was definitely a junta train as it was transporting supplies for the military,” he said, adding that some soldiers were aboard the train.
Locals told Myanmar Now the train was carrying food supplies.
One man who lives near the site of the attack just south of Myittha said he heard the bomb go off.
He said “we heard a loud bang. We didn’t hear anything about anyone dying but the train was badly damaged.”
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