After Bogo Attack, 32 Myanmar Military Regime Security Forces Killed By Armed Ethnic Attacks

An illustration of security forces confronting Myanmar's military antiquities protesters. (Twitter/@Yaellie2)

JAKARTA - At least 32 myanmar military regime security forces were killed late last week, after deadly attacks carried out by Myanmar police and army on Friday, April 9.

On Friday, police and soldiers opened fire on protesters behind roadblocks and sandbag barricades in Bago, killing at least 82 civilians, making the death toll as of Saturday at 701 civilians, according to the Aid Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), according to The Irrawaddy, Monday, April 12.

A day later, resistance was fought by Myanmar's armed ethnic and civil society. At least 14 Myanmar police officers were killed and two missing following coordinated attacks by armed ethnic groups at a police post in Lashio Township, northern Shan State Saturday morning.

In addition, at least five family members of police members were injured in the attack in Naung Mon Village, an eyewitness said.  One local said the attack was jointly launched by the Tripartite Brotherhood Alliance, which groups myanmar's National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Arakan Army (AA), although there has been no confirmation of this.

TNLA spokeswoman Mai Aik Kyaw said she had not been able to communicate with troops on the ground in the area, and could not confirm whether the alliance launched the attack.

The attack comes one week after the Brotherhood alliance warned Myanmar's military regime it would join all ethnicities to fight the regime if the brutal killing of anti-coup protesters across the country continued.

After the attack, Myanmar military forces overran Naung Mon and nearby Naung Kwe Village, leaving more than 300 residents of the two villages displaced, a local resident said.

"The (initial) attack began before dawn. The police post was also set on fire during the attack," said a local resident.

Security was tightened in Lashio and the military had blocked traffic on several main roads near the city's police station, a local resident said.

Meanwhile, at least 18 Myanmar security forces were killed in an attack in Tamu, Wilayag Sagaing, on the Myanmar - India border Saturday afternoon, after a civilian was shot dead there.

"Police and soldiers used grenade launchers, machine guns, and explosives against us. We also heard 19 soldiers were killed when grenades were thrown at military trucks," according to a protester at Tamu.

The armed group National Organization for Cookies (KNO) issued a statement on Saturday night, saying 18 soldiers were killed in the action by residents, protesters and KNO troops.

Before the attacks on Saturday, kachin Independence State (KIA) and Karen National Union (KNU), launched a series of attacks on regime forces in Kachin state, Shan and Bago regions, in reaction to the killing of Myanmar's military antiquities civilians.

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