မင်းသော် 🟥There are many deaths and some weapons seized during the one-month marching from Bhamo Armored Battalion to near Hnit Mile village in Bhamo
Three soldiers were captured alive by the revolutionary forces-led KIA in a military junta column advancing near Hnit Mile, Bhamo in Kachin State.
On October 1, a soldier Myo Chit Oo was captured alive by the revolutionary forces – led Major Aung Kyaw in a military column advancing near Hnit Mile, Bhamo.
The soldier, Myo Chit Oo, was from the 237th Infantry Battalion, and was separated from the line of battle near Hnit Mile village in Bhamo and was captured by the revolutionary groups.
Similarly, two more soldiers were captured yesterday along with weapons and ammunition from another soldiers of military junta column matching to Hnit Mile.So, three prisoners of war were captured in one day.
The three prisoners of war have been transferred from the front line to the KIA rear office and interrogations have begun, a military source on the ground told BBM.
“Yes, we captured one yesterday, two in another column, three in total. They were with weapons. They were separated while advancing. They are on military junta side.The one we captured had a little position.He had with the MA-3, so now it is not here. We sent it to the rear office,”
a military source on the ground told BBM. In addition, the military junta based near the Bhamo Armored Battalion and advanced on Hnit Mile village and Thone Mile village in Bhamo, which is controlled by the revolutionary forces, in September last year. During the month of the offensive, the military junta suffered casualties and some weapons including RPGs were seized, according to the ground revolutionary forces.
The military source added that some of the military junta columns, which were deployed around Hnit Mile village and Thorne Mile village in Bhamo, had withdrawn by the afternoon of October 2, and that they had retreated near the armored battalion where they were based.
“Since we attacked the military junta columns marching towards the armored battalion, we have captured a lot of weapons, including heavy weapons. Today, those columns have returned to the armored battalion where they were based,”
the military source added. The military junta defended Bhamo from the No.21 Operational Command Headquarters(Sakakha). After reinforcement ships from Mandalay arrived in Bhamo last August, they launched another offensive against the revolutionary forces, but there are many casualties.
Photo: Weapons seized from the military junta in Bhamo
