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🟥4 people including a pregnant woman were killed and many injured

In Myingyan Township, Mandalay Region, the military junta troops were marching along the Myingyan-Natogyi road. On August 4, the military junta entered Mrauk Kone village, Myingyan Township, and shot and killed civilians.

On August 4, the military junta troops from the 15th Infantry Division entered Mrauk Kone Village, on the border of Myinyan Township and Mrauk Kone Township, and shot and killed everyone they saw in the village, according to a local resident.

“When the military junta troops enter this side, they shoot and kill everyone they see. This time, they even shot and killed the pregnant woman. When they come here, they all run away,”

a local displaced person told BBM. During the shooting, U Aung Aung Oo (30), his pregnant wife Ma Thin Swe (30), their daughter Ma Yune Set (10), and Daw Pae (45) were injured by bullets.

Ma Thin Swe, Ma Yun Set, and Daw Pae died from bullet wounds, while U Aung Aung Oo is still receiving treatment.

“When the military junta troops march, they shoot and kill people to make them flee, and when people flee, they steal as they please in the villages. The Pyu do not get salaries or support, so when they advance, they only get what they can loot,”

a local revolutionary comrade told BBM. The number of displaced people in the villages east of Myingyan is increasing day by day due to the military offensive by the terrorist military junta, and the number of displaced people has now reached over 6,000.

🟥Over 40 military junta members, including the G1 and the strategy officer, are present at Taung Zin Police Station

In Nyaung-U Township, Mandalay Region, the military junta arrested three people, including the son of the headman Htay Maung, who was drinking alcohol. Only two have been released so far, and Htay Maung’s son has not been released yet, a military source told BBM on August 5.

On August 2, the military junta arrested three people, including the son of the headman Htay Maung, who was drinking alcohol in Kyauk Pandaung-Nyaung U road. One person, aged over 40, who was in poor health, was released, and Htay Maung’s son has not been released yet.

The head of the village, Htay Maung, is said to be actively involved in recruiting new members for the military junta,in collaboration with the village chairman, Thein Po.

“When the military junta came to the village, they would beat them up no matter how much they tried, and they would not spare their own people,”

a local told BBM. In July, during the first military incursion into Nyaung-U Township, they abducted the chairman of Yartawgyi village, U Htay Lwin, and his daughter, who were plowing their fields, and did not release them for 10 to 15 days, the local continued.

“The first military incursion into Nyaung-U Township. At that time, they abducted the chairman of Yartawgyi village, Htay Lwin, and his daughter, who were plowing their fields. They did not release them for a long time. I heard that they were detained at Singu Police Station. Later, I heard that they were kept at Nyaung-U Camp, and now they have been released,”

the local told BBM. Today, August 5, there are like than 40 military junta members, including the G1 and the strategic commander, at Taunggyi Police Station.

Currently, the military junta is actively recruiting new military personnel to clear the PDF in Nyaung-U township, setting up checkpoints, checking young people’s motorbikes, and punishing money, according to military sources.

Four people in Myingyan Township were killed when the military junta soldiers and their subordinates stationed in Lelthit village in Myingyan Township, Mandalay Region, opened fire with heavy weapons without a fight.

On August 3, 2025 , the Pyu Saw Htee indiscriminate heavy weapon fire hit a large village, killing a grandmother and her three grandchildren and injuring others, according to the Myingyan Township Community Action Committee.

“The Myingyan-based 15th Infantry Regiment fired from a column stationed in Lelthit village. When it was fired southeast, it fell on Ywagyi village, 5 miles away, on the border of Natogyi-Myingyan area. It exploded on a house in the village, killing four members of a family inside the house. Four people died in one house. There were also other minor injuries,”

said a local resident near the scene of the incident. In addition, the Pyu Saw Htee column that fired this time is stationed in Lelthit village in Myingyan Township and is firing indiscriminately, according to local defense groups.

“The column that fired this time is the one that was stationed in Lelthit village on July 31. It has been stationed in Lelthit village for 3 days. People from nearby villages are also fleeing the fighting,”

said a local people defense force member. The terrorist military junta is blocking the main communication routes around Myingyan town, including the Myingyan-Nyaung U road.The local defense force added that the terrorist military junta has been trying to clear the areas along the Myingyan-Natogyi road, Myingyan-Myotha road, and Myingyan-Simi Khon Road in recent days, but has not been able to march further from the town.

The terrorist military junta and its subordinate Pyu Saw Htee have been conducting military operations in the villages east of Myinchan town, forcing more than 5,000 people from the villages of Thitpinshey, Nathtar, Pyaw Bwe, San Pya, Khin Ma Kan, and Mrauk Kone to flee the war.

The military airstrike on Than Pin Hla village in Natogyi Township, Mandalay Region, had resulted in civilian casualties.

On August 2, 2025, at around 11:00 am, a 10-year-old boy was killed, four civilians were injured, and two houses were destroyed when the military junta carried out an senseless airstrike on Than Pin Hla village in Natogyi Township.

“The child was killed by a bomb while he was at home. There was no military junta’s incursion, nor there was any fighting. They dropped the bomb without any reason. The child who died was only 10 years old,”

a local resident told BBM. The military junta often carries out airstrikes on villages in Natogyi Township, and among those killed by bombs are children.

On July 29, a drone bomb attacked on a monastery in Myet Shu village, Natogyi Township killed (7) people, including (4)children who were playing.

🟥At least 12 people, including women and children, were killed and many others injured

The military junta dropped two more bombs on a residential area in western Mogok township,where Mogok Local People’s Defence Force was previously located, killing at least 12 people, including women and children, and causing extensive damage, according to a local resident told BBM.

On August 2, at around 8:22 a.m., the military junta dropped two 500-pound bombs on a clothing store next to U Shwe Maung’s Shop on main road, Gaungba Kwet Thit, west of Mogok, killing at least 12 people, including women and children, and injuring many more.

“There have been a lot of planes flying around on these days. They came in around 8:30 this morning, they dropped two 500-pound bombs,and then there is all broken into pieces,”

a local source told BBM. On the night of July 13, the military junta dropped 500-pound bombs on Panma Hteik village, east of Mogok, injuring 6 locals and damaging 7 homes.

In addition, on the evening of July 26, the military junta dropped two 250-pound bombs on Golden Butterfly Hotel, east of Mogok, killing 1 local man and injuring three others, as well as damaging some hotel buildings.

“These guys are very wicked and inhumane. If such a cruel person was to rule the country, the country would devastate,”

a local told BBM. On July 29, the planes bombed three times on the village three days ago without causing any casualties, killing 4 locals and injuring 13 others.

2 locals were killed, 13 were injured, 4 were in critical condition injured by military aircraft in Mogok

The military junta has been dropping at least 6 bombs on Mogok, Mandalay Region, since morning without any fighting, just minutes apart, destroying residential buildings and killing 2 locals, injuring 13, and injuring seriously 4, a local resident told BBM.

On Tuesday, July 29, the military junta dropped bombs for the first time near the Royal Gas Station and the Min Tada Agricultural Farm in Mogok, the second time was at chapel in front of the Sakhan Thar market at 9:55 am, and the third time was at around 10:30 am near the RQ Hotel in Bee Taung, a total of 6 bombs.

“They have been coming since 9:30 this morning. They have dropped two bombs at a time, and three times have dropped. The planes are still flying,”

a local told BBM. On the night of July 13, the military junta dropped 500-pound bombs on Panma Hteik village in eastern Mogok town, injuring 6 people and damaging 7 houses where people live.

In addition, on the evening of July 26, two 250-pound bombs were dropped on the Golden Butterfly Hotel in eastern Mogok town, killing 1 local man and injuring 3 others, as well as damaging some hotel buildings.

🟥 6 people, including 4 children,were killed

The military junta stationed in Natogyi Township, Mandalay Region, intentionally bombed a monastery in Myet-Shu village, killing 6 people, including 4 children.

A 200-strong military junta column that matched from the bridge is stationed in Myet-Shu village, Natogyi Township. Yesterday, on the evening of July 26, 2019, a drone bomb was dropped on a monastery and pagoda in Myet-Shu village, where displaced people live, killing 4 children and 2 women, injuring 6 others, and damaging the pagoda buildings.

“The children were playing and the drone flew from the north and suddenly landed. We had no time to escape. They brutalized our children in our sacred place. There are about 200 of these guys stationed in the village. We have strong defenses. We don’t want anything, we just want revenge. We want to take revenge on these guys no matter what our village is,”

a local told BBM. After the military junta ordered more than a troop of 4000 soldiers to be deployed in townships in Sagaing, Mandalay, and Magway regions at the end of July before the December elections, ground troops have been continuously deployed in Mahlaing, Natogyi, Myingyan, and Nyaung-U townships in Mandalay Region, targeting civilians, firing artillery shells, and burning villages.

🟥3 civilians were killed, 3 were injured

In recent days, the military junta has been dividing the villages along the Yangon-Mandalay Expressway in Mahlaing Township, Meiktila District, Mandalay Region, and has been conducting ground troops, deploying troops, and opening fire with artillery shells, causing houses to be burned and innocent civilians to be injured, according to military sources on the ground.

At around 1:00 PM on July 22, a 180-strong military junta column that entered from mile stone 318 of the Yangon-Mandalay Expressway entered Aung Thar Village, Mahlaing Township, and engaged in a clash with local defense forces near Aung Thar Village.

After the fighting broke out, the military junta stationed at Si Gyi Swel Pagoda opened fire with artillery shells, which exploded in Letswayt village near Aung Thar village, killing three people and injuring three others.

“The fighting started from Aung Thar, and the revolutionary forces exchanged fire with the war dogs(the military junta soldiers). After the fighting broke out, the revolutionary forces retreated. Then they exchanged fire in Letswayt village, and the military fired artillery shells into the village. Three houses were set on fire. Six people were hit. Three people were killed and three were injured. The revolutionary comrades extinguished the houses that were set on fire by the artillery shells. Currently, the military is stationed in Letswayt village, destroying the houses of the villagers, killing chickens and pigs, taking rice bags and sesame bags, and the entire village is being evacuated,”

said a local villager. After the attack on the military junta’s police vehicle near mile stone 318 of the highway, the military junta lobbyists have been continuously agitating for the military to invade villages in Mahlaing Township.