It is reported that the fighting is fierce in the south of Kale town, Sagaing Region, and the military camps of Kale town are firing with the heavy weapons.
The fighting between the SAC military and the local defense forces has been going on near Tharzi Village in Kale Township since the evening of yesterday, on June 15, and it happened again in the morning of June 16.
“The fight has been going on since yesterday evening. It happened once this morning. A heavy weapon was fired from the city and it fell near the monastery and hit a man. I heard that he is killed,” a Tharzi resident told MPA.
“The SAC military of Kale town is stationed in Zinkylin village in the south part. Yesterday night, when the UGF(Ninjas) forces attacked the military troops that were going by 2 cars, in the middle of the road from Kale City to Zinkylin village, and 2 soldiers of the military were killed and they seized communication equipment and blocks of teak believed to be used to build a bunker,” UGF(Ninjas) reported today.
“The heavy weapons are constantly being fired. I heard that it is on the side of Tharzi village. I don’t even go out much because it’s strict to inspect in the city. “People in the south don’t know how to live,” a Kale resident told MPA.
It is reported that today, the military burned down some houses in Tharzi village and fired with heavy weapons about 15 rounds from Kale town to the south in one day.
“Yes. They are burning. I don’t know how many homes were burned. “I don’t dare to leave my house,” a resident from Tharzi village told MPA.
MPA contacted local defense officials and UGF (Ninjas) regarding the situation of fighting between the SAC military and the local defense forces, but they did not respond.