NAYPYITAW, 21 October 2021, (TON): A raid on a military outpost in Mandalay Region’s Natogyi Township last week left 11 soldiers dead and three others wounded, according to the group that carried out the attack.

The outpost, located at a school in the village of Su Phyu Kone and manned by 20 soldiers, came under attack by a group calling itself the Zero Guerrilla Force late last Friday.

Using handmade mortars and small arms, the group raided the outpost at around 10pm that night and killed an army captain and 10 others stationed there, the group’s leader told media.

He added “the bodies of the casualties, including Capt Tun Tun Aung from Light Infantry Battalion 113, based in Meiktila, were collected by the military the next morning.”

A Facebook post that reported the incident the day after it occurred was later deleted after military supporters commented that the casualty figures were inaccurate.

“We later managed to get the exact number of casualties,” said the Zero Guerrilla Force leader, who asked not to be identified by name.