Resistance forces in Magwe Region have attacked Myanmar junta troops and camps several times this week.
Yaw Defense Force said it attacked a camp near a military equipment factory in Kyaw town on Monday, killing three soldiers and seizing two firearms and ammunition. The group said the camp is about 3km from the factory.
Two soldiers were killed and five wounded during a clash near Htan Bone Taw village in Mying Township on Monday, according to the Mying Villages Revolution Front. Around 39 houses in the village were torched by regime troops after the clash.
Resistance forces attacked a junta checkpoint at Yay Pyar village in Pauk Township on Tuesday. A police officer was killed and others injured and a firearm and ammunition were seized, the Anonymous Special Task Force in Pauk reported.
It was one of the groups that attacked an 80-vehicle junta convoy with mines on the Pauk-Pakokku road on Sunday. Two vehicles were destroyed by resistance mines. The casualties numbers are unknown.
No resistance casualties were reported in the attacks.
A Yaw Defense Force representative said Magwe Region is largely in resistance hands and groups are conducting regular offensives against regime forces.
“The military has become defensive and we are on the offensive. We can continue to attack,” he said.
