Myanmar Junta Troops Encircle Resistance-Held Sagaing Village

Fierce clashes erupted this week when as many as 250 junta troops encircled Kantdaunt village in Sagaing Region’s Pale Township to recapture it from resistance forces.

“There was a clash between the junta’s troops and our troops in the south of Kantdaunt near Tharsi village on Tuesday,” said Ko Oakkar, a battalion commander in the Black Leopard Army (BLPA) that is part of the resistance coalition in the area. “I saw five soldiers die in that clash. This morning, they reinforced the area.”

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and allies in June captured Kantdaunt police station, which sits in a strategic position on the Pale-Ganggaw-Kale road and had been turned into an ad-hoc military base.