Local guerilla forces carried out drone attacks on armoured vehicle garages in the compound of Field Artillery Regiment 6005 and a checkpoint in front of the base, in Sagaing Township’s Ohntaw Village.

Five drones dropped five bombs during the attack at about 3:00 p.m. on 29 April, according to an official from the Unicorn Guerrilla Force, one of the guerrilla groups involved in the attack.

He said “We prepared six drones, but one could not be used due to some problems before the mission. So, we dropped five bombs from five drones. We hit the targets and some damage likely occurred, but we still have not received detailed information [about casualties and damage inflicted].”

Mizzima is currently trying to find out about casualty numbers and damage inflicted by the attack.

The guerrilla forces attacked the checkpoint outside the army base as well as the base because junta soldiers had been using the checkpoint on the Shwebo to Mandalay highway to extort drivers and carry out searches of vehicles.

The Unicorn Guerrilla Force official said: “We carefully conducted the attack so as not to hit people and their vehicles.”

Later the same day, 29 April, at 6:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. the guerrilla forces used four drones to drop up to 10 bombs on to Marlataw, another village in Sagaing Township, that has been taken over by the Pyu Saw Htee junta-aligned militia, according to the Unicorn Guerrilla Force who also said Pyu Saw Htee members may have died in the attacks.

The attacks were jointly carried out by, amongst others: the Unicorn Guerrilla Force, the Anyar Brothers Coalition Force, Phoenix (SGG), Myinmu Revolution Force (MMRF), Young Wolf, Fight For Federalism, Thunder Bird, Middle Revolutionary Technical Force, and the Sagaing Township People's Defense Force.