NAYPYITAW, 30 November 2021, (TON): The CDF said “Resistance fighters from the Chinland Defence Force (CDF) attacked a government office where soldiers were stationed near the Chin State town of Matupi on Friday morning, killing two and severely injuring another.”

A CDF spokesperson said “around 10 soldiers were based at the Matupi District Office, five miles outside of the town, when the attack happened. “We have clashed so many times at that place.”

He added that some 30 junta soldiers from Infantry Battalion 140, which is based in Matupi, arrived at the office as reinforcements after the attack and the situation remained tense.

The day before the attack, the Matupi CDF teamed up with the Chin National Army to attack an outpost of Light Infantry Battalion 304 on the road linking Matupi to the town of Paletwa.

The group said “two junta soldiers on guard duty died in that attack and five were injured, while the resistance forces retreated without suffering any casualties.”

The CDF said that they attacked the soldiers because they had been terrorising civilians travelling along the road.