NAYPYITAW, 18 November 2021, (TON): Four local resistance forces based in Myanmar’s delta claimed that their members attacked a military convoy accompanying two junta ministers in Ayeyarwady Region, killing at least 10 soldiers.

The assault, which was carried out using homemade explosives, occurred along the Chaungtha-Pathein road.

Locals said that the military council’s hotels and tourism minister Htay Aung and Tin Maung Win, the Ayeyarwady Region chief minister, were on their way back from Chaungtha and Ngwe Saung beaches after attending “travel season openings” there.

In a joint statement released, the Pathein Western Defence Force, the Beach Defence Force, the Delta Guerrilla Warfare Coalition Force, and the Ayeyarwady Wild Boar said that their members struck the convoy with improvised mines, after which soldiers opened fire on them.

A spokesperson for the Beach Defence Force said “the convoy got hit by our mines. The soldiers returned fire and we exchanged shots for about five minutes.”

He told media “we retreated after a while because they outnumbered us. We are all now in a safe place.”

He added that the local resistance forces planned to collaboratively carry out more attacks against the junta.