Local people’s defence forces (PDFs) carried out an artillery attack on a military post in Hteesaung Village in Sagaing Region’s Myinmu Township, on 15 April.

The Zero Guerrilla Force claimed responsibility for the attack and said that the Myinchan District 7th Battalion and the Kyaukse District 1st Battalion also took part in the attack, which killed 12 junta soldiers. this number was also confirmed by local news sources.

Ko Thetgyi from Zero Guerrilla Force told Mizzima that junta soldiers from the camp took money from travellers and that they were drunkenly dancing outside their camp when the defence forces attacked.

“We used GPS guided 80mm and 40mm mortars in the attack. They hit the target”, he said.

According to Ko Thetgyi, the soldiers at the camp randomly returned fire with heavy weapons. Some shells fell in residential areas, but there were no casualties.