A People’s Defence Force (PDF) used mines to attack junta soldiers who have been setting fire to villages near Kanbalu Township and Kawlin Township in the Sagaing Region.

It is reported that on 15 December 15, while the junta’s troops were entering Baw Village around 12:50 PM after torching Let Khote Kone Village in Kanbalu Township, the local PDF detonated mines targeting the troops.

“Five planted mines at the entrance of Baw Village were detonated. We don’t know about the injured yet. After the explosion, they were recklessly firing guns into the forest so we assume that there would be injured. The locals are currently running. In 16 December morning, they started to fire again into Baw village,” a local resident told Mizzima.

The arson of the junta’s troops resulted in a total of more than 40 houses in Let Khote Kone Village and Baw Village being destroyed. At 8:30 AM on 16 December, it was reported that the troops torched these villages again.

“We could only see heavy smoke. We do not know exactly yet as none of us dare to take a look closely at the village. There are no locals in the village now but watching their houses being burnt from a distance. There are thick forests over there so locals are hiding in the forests and fields,” said the local resident.

Due to the invasion and torching by the military junta troops, it is reported that local people have been fleeing and hiding in the forests and field