The Myohla Kachin Region People’s Defence Force (KPDF Myohla) attacked a boat carrying 48 junta soldiers on the Ayeyarwaddy (Irrawaddy) River in Kachin State’s Shweku Township.

The attack took place near Kyaukgyi Village at around 2:00 p.m. on 11 July.

“Major Thein Myint Aung, the column commander of Infantry Battalion (415) was leading the junta group. KPDF (Myohla) waited for the junta ship on a sandbank between Min Kyaung Kone village and Kyauk Gyi village and [when the boat came past we] we attacked it with heavy weapons,” said a KPDF (Myohla) spokesperson.

KPDF (Myohla)released video footage that showed junta soldiers throwing the dead bodies of their comrades into the river. The fighting only lasted for a short while and then ended when KPDF (Myohla) blew up the boat.

“They [the junta soldiers] also threw four of their soldiers who were killed in the fighting into the water. Many [of the junta soldiers] were injured”, said the KPDF (Myohla) spokesperson.