TATMADAW columns conducting security operations in Rakhine
State engaged AA group in Buthidaung Township, Rakhine State, on 21 April and
seized land mines and fertilizer bags used for installing them.
In the skirmish in Buthidaung Township, Tatmadaw columns were
scouring the vicinity of Nayon Taung Village when they were fired upon by AA
troops from the north-east around 4 pm. The Tatmadaw retaliated and the AA
retreated in the south-east around 4:30 pm. Tatmadaw confiscated 5 land mines
and 10 bags of fertilizers used for installing them.
On the night of 21 April, two land mines planted by the AA
detonated near the Maungtaw-Angumaw road, Kaing Gyi Village, Maungtaw Township.
Local residents who wished for peace and stability sent
information to authorities that the saboteurs were hiding in Mawyawady Village,
Maungtaw Township. Security forces joined with village administrative personnel
to search the village and captured an AA member identified as Kyaw Thein of
Mawyawady Village. Investigations are still ongoing.
Since January 2019, the AA have planted a total of 41 land
mines in 13 instances along public roads in Rakhine State. Tatmadaw columns are
consistently conducting security and landmine clearing operations to protect
the public, according to news released from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief
of Defence Services.
MNA
Translated by Zaw Htet Oo
PHOTO: OFFICE OF THE C-IN-C OF DEFENCE SERVICES
Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar
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