PDF reports 16 Myanmar junta troops killed in two clashes in Thayet Township

Mizzima

People’s Defence Force (PDF) Thayet District Battalion 4 reported that two separate clashes in Thayet Township, Magway Region, left 16 Myanmar junta soldiers dead.

The announcement, issued on 8 December, stated that both clashes took place on the same day.

According to the PDF, a 30-member military column from Thayet Township and a 40-member joint military–police unit from the Ye Nan Thar Police Outpost in Kamma Township advanced along the Thayet–Kamma road, engaging revolutionary forces in clashes at around 9 am and again at noon.

“We detonated mines and ambushed their troops. Eyewitnesses confirmed the casualties among the Military Council forces,” Ko Myat, the news and information officer for Thayet District Battalion 4, told Mizzima.

Both columns were reportedly deployed to secure the area ahead of the junta’s planned elections.