Local resistance forces dropped bombs from a drone onto a junta checkpoint in Sagaing Region’s Ayadaw Township, killing two junta soldiers and seriously injuring another four on 21 January.

The attack, on the checkpoint outside the junta Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation Department’s Agricultural Mechanisation Office, took place at about midday on 12 January. A drone dropped two bombs onto the checkpoint, which caused soldiers to fire indiscriminately and randomly at vehicles and into the surrounding area.

A press officer for Danger Force LPDF, one of the defence forces involved in the attack said: “After the drone attack, ambulances arrived and took three critically injured soldiers to Monywa Hospital. The others [who were wounded] were taken to the Ayadaw Hospital. They are receiving medical treatment. According to our information, two of the three critically injured soldiers died in the hospital. We are carrying out numerous missions to fight the regime and, as a result, we require public assistance.

Soldiers at the bombed checkpoint had been extorting money from pedeDrone attackstrians, private cars and trucks.

The defence forces involved in the attack were: Danger Force LPDF, the Ngwe Dwin Revolution Force (NDRF) and the Middle Revolutionary Technical Front (MRTF).