Five resistance fighters killed in Myanmar junta airstrike on NUG office

Mizzima

Five members of the resistance were killed after the military conducted an airstrike on an office of the National Unity Government (NUG) People’s Defence Organization (Pa Ka Pha) in the Mawlu area of Indaw Township, Sagaing Region. The 21 January attack targeted the resistance office located in Man Hae village.

According to local sources, the airstrike occurred around 11:15 PM, resulting in at least two injuries.

“The People’s Defence Organization office, which was operating out of the village’s rural health clinic, was bombed. A jet fighter dropped bombs twice. Five people were killed, and two others were injured,” a local man from the Mawlu area informed Mizzima.

In this incident, four members of the People’s Defence Organization (Pa Ka Pha) and one member of the District People’s Security Force (Pa La Pha) lost their lives. Additionally, two houses near the office were destroyed, and two civilians were reported injured.

This is not the first such incident. Previously, on 2 January, a People’s Security Force (Pa La Pha) office near Ywar Shay village in Mawlu was also bombed, resulting in the death of a Grade 12 student living nearby.

Indaw Township is currently fully controlled by resistance forces and is known as a region where the junta has been unable to conduct elections.

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