MAGWAY DIVISION – According to an accountable person of Arlawaka Guerrilla Force, the revolutionary forces intercepted two junta council vehicles in Chauk township, Magway division. As a result, many junta council troops including two officers were known to have been killed.
At around 7 a.m. on January 23, two Faw trucks carrying around 60 junta council troops left Pwint Lin village after torching a civilian’s house. The revolutionary alliance forces blasted the second vehicle by using 40mm launchers, hand grenades, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms. Due to the attack, at least 15 junta council troops including two officers were reportedly killed.
The accountable person of Arlawaka Guerrilla Force mentioned that “we intercepted them near the head of the village. Two Faw Trucks carrying the junta council troops left the village. We only managed to blast the last truck. All of the junta council troops in the front room of the vehicle were reportedly killed. We threw the grenades in the back room of the car after throwing into the front room of the car first. One rocket-propelled grenade and two hand grenades landed in the vehicle. The junta council troops in the back room of the car couldn’t even fire back. We had to retreat as the junta council troops in the first Faw truck reinforced its troops by using three machine guns and due to the insufficient bullets.”
It has been reported that the junta council carried the dead bodies of its troops back to Chauk by six hearses. At the moment, that terrorist junta council column has arrived in Chaungmagyi village, Salay township and they are preparing to conduct offensive attacks towards the places where the revolutionary forces controlled by reinforcing its troops.
That attack was jointly carried out by Arlawaka Guerrilla Force, Chauk township People’s Defense Organisation (CPDO), Magway district battalion 1, Chauk Guerrilla Force (CGF), Yaenanchaung Phay Kan Kaung (LPDF), Magway district company 2 and Burma Revolution Ranger. After the attack, the revolutionary forces managed to retreat successfully.
