According to the People’s Army to Fight Dictatorship – PAFD, a police station and a school stationed by soldiers were fired upon in Myinmu town, Sagaing Division.
On Jan. 29, at around 6:00 p.m., the police station in Myinmu town and No. 1 Basic Education High School where about 60 soldiers were attacked with heavy weapons in cooperation with local defense forces.
“We fired about 10 rounds at the police station and the school. After we calculated it carefully, we fired. It must hit over passing the police station because Myinmu Market is there. There are civilian homes. The police staff rooms were hit. We learned in the morning that the house of the surveillance officer was hit by an explosion. The death toll is still under investigation. It is difficult because it is on the town. The township general office is next to the police station. They were also shooting back. The soldiers from the school went to Monywa,” said an official from PAFD.
The attack was carried out by the People’s Army to Fight Dictatorship-PAFD and allied forces; DKPDF(MMU), People’s Knight Defense Force Myinmu (PKDF-MMU), D.B.B.F-MMU.
On Jan. 25, they went to Wetlet Township and joined forces with the local forces to attack the soldiers and Pyu Saw Htee (militias of the SAC), and on Jan. 20, together with the PAFD and allied forces, they stormed and set fire to the immigration office in Myinmu Township.