Monywa Town News Today

The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes incidents in Sagaing and Tanintharyi regions and Mon and Chin states.

Tens of thousands of people have fled a column of 150 junta soldiers after they entered Salingyi Township, in Sagaing Region on 4 June.

Tens of thousands of people have fled a column of 150 junta soldiers after they entered Salingyi Township, in Sagaing Region on 4 June.

At least 41 junta forces were killed on Saturday in a series of attacks across central, western and southeast Myanmar.

Mizzima Defence forces claim they killed 15 junta soldiers and injured others when they attacked the former Immigration Office in Monywa Town, Sagaing Region, where the soldiers were stationed.  According to the Chindwin Attack Force (CAF), one of the groups involved in the attack, about 30 junta soldiers stationed in the former Immigration Office were attacked with artillery and small arms at around 11:30 a.m. on 8 March.

The junta’s only strategy is committing atrocities to try and cower the people, but the tactic is simply fueling further resistance to the regime.

On 22 December, Lightning People Defense Force announced that five PyuSawHtee members were killed and three were wounded during a PDF mortar attack near Tawpu Village, Monywa Township in Sagaing Region.

The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes PDF and ethnic armed group strikes in Sagaing, Mandalay, Magwe, Bago and Yangon regions and Kachin, Karen and Rakhine states.

Junta troops burned down Aung Thar Village in the south of Budalin Township in Sagaing Region, at around 6:00 p.m. on 18 September.

The Monywa Fighter Group fired two rockets from a free flight rocket launcher at the Military Council’s Ma-U checkpoint in Sagaing Region’s Monywa Town on 7 May, according to a statement made by the group on 8 May.