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Military Council soldiers came to Than Pho village, which is situated on the Kalay-Gant Kaw road in the southern part of Kalay township, Sagaing Division, and set fire to houses, a rice mill and a motorbike, according to local residents.
HANDOUT / FACEBOOK / AFP Militiamen killed at least nine junta soldiers in northwest Myanmar’s war-torn Sagaing region over the weekend in a two-pronged attack on a convoy heading to Kalay township, while 3,000 villagers fled the area amid intensified raids on civilian homes and in anticipation of a major military offensive, fighters said Monday. The Kalay branch of the People’s Defense Force (PDF) militia said in a statement that two of its units ambushed the convoy around 1:00 p.m. Sunday between Khway Kyin and Than Pho villages, some 15 miles from the center of the townsh...