Military Region 1 has announced that resistance forces successfully attacked military council reinforcement troops heading to Indaw Township in Sagaing Region, resulting in 33 military council officers and soldiers killed, 31 soldiers captured alive, and 54 weapons seized. The battle took place near Pan Mountain and Small Pan Mountain in the vicinity of Pin Lut village, at the border between Indaw Township and Katha Township in Sagaing Region.
The attacked military column had emerged from Infantry Battalion 309 based in Katha, led by Major Lin Htet, and consisted of approximately 150 troops combined from Infantry Battalions 106, 309, and 6. The joint operation against the military council column was carried out by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), People’s Defense Force (PDF), Katha District Battalion-1, Moetar District People’s Defense Force, and Katha Township People’s Defense Force.
During the battle, 33 military council officers and soldiers were killed and 10 were wounded, while 31 soldiers were taken as prisoners of war. Two resistance fighters were killed in action. A large cache of weapons and ammunition was seized from the military council forces, including 29 MA-1 rifles, 6 MA-2 rifles, 12 MA-3 rifles, 3 MA-4 rifles, 1 MA-11 rifle, 1 MA-15 rifle, 1 anti-drone gun, 37 MA-10 grenades, 8,000 MA ammunition rounds, 2,000 MA-15 ammunition rounds, 17 60mm mortar shells, 113 ammunition magazines, 1 backpack jammer, 1 communication radio, 1 landline phone, and 12 bulletproof helmets.
