The local PDFs have reportedly warned people near Mingun Police Station to evacuate since the military junta is reinforcing Mingun police station in Sagaing city of Sagaing Region.
“The junta is reinforcing military vehicles in the camp these days. There are hundreds of reinforcements in the police station. Fighting took place in the Tonesae village of Matara Township on the other side of Mingun yesterday. In the fighting, the junta fired heavy weapons and burned down, so some of the Mingun residents have fled,” a Mingun resident said.
The local defense forces attacked the junta camp in Tonesae village of Matara Township on the other side of the Irrawaddy River yesterday. After the attack, the junta reinforcements set fire to the village, according to the residents.
“The PDF issued a statement to move the homes near the Mingun junta camp by yesterday. People don’t know when and what will happen, so they evacuate in advance but not the whole village. The number of tourists coming to Mingun is less than usual,” a resident of the Mingun Market Ward said.
Mingun People Defense Force announced on its Facebook page Last November 15, ” We inform Residents living in the vicinity of the Mingun Police Station to evacuate before November 19, and we will not be fully responsible if there is any damage caused by continuing to live until the end of the notification period”.
Mingun Cultural Area _ which is far more than 15 miles away from Sagaing City, Village Tract Hospital, B.E.H.S, and Township Police Station are located _ is an ancient cultural area where local and foreign tourists come every day.
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