Mizzima 

Resistance forces from the Ayeyarwaddy Region Sub-Military Regional Command fired 40mm grenades from M79 grenade launchers at Bogale Police Station in Ayeyarwady Region at about 6:30 p.m. on 6 May. 

When the grenades landed loud explosions were heard. They were followed by about 20 gunshots fired in retaliation from the police station. Casualties at the police station are currently unknown. 

"We started by launching two 40 mm grenades. The police returned fire with their own weapons, but we managed to flee unharmed. We are still looking into the damage inside the police station”, said an Ayeyarwady Region Sub-Military Regional Command representative. 

He explained that the Bogale Police Station Chief and his officers have been oppressing the local populace in various ways, including detaining people on suspicion of being People’s Defence Force (PDF) members, demanding money, threatening the local community and sexually assaulting unjustly detained prisoners. 

Ayeyarwady Region Sub-Military Regional Command was formed by local and township people’s defence forces (PDFs), urban guerrilla groups and special task forces from Ayeyarwady Region in July 2022. It was formed under guidance from the National Unity Government (NUG) shadow government’s Ministry of Defence, with a mission to resist the junta in Ayeyarwady Region. 

The groups from Ayeyarwady Region Sub-Military Regional Command involved in the attack on the police station were Ayeyarwaddy Dolphin Defence Force (Mawgyun), the Bogale Dolphin Defence Force, and the Mawlamyine Kyun Township People's Defence Force. 

Junta soldiers and police officers are currently carrying out searches and arresting people on suspicion of carrying out the attack, according to local residents.`