Having A Shootout With Civilians At Indian Border, Three Myanmar Soldiers Were Killed

Illustration of civilians clashing with Myanmar's military regime. (Wikimedia Commons / VOA News)

JAKARTA - The Myanmar military regime shot dead a soldier who had defected, joining the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), on Tuesday night in Tamu, Sagaing Region, local resistance fighters said.

The soldiers were on patrol with the Guest Security Group, when they ran into Myanmar military forces near the city's Kuntaung Bridge.

He is 30 years old and known as Aung Aung, said one resistance fighter, adding that it was unclear if that was his full name. It was also unclear what his rank was before he defected. He was shot in the chest.

Aung Aung is a victim of revenge from the Myanmar military regime after the Guest security group killed three soldiers of the Myanmar military regime hours earlier.

Tuesday's clashes started around 7.30 p.m. About half an hour later, the Myanmar military regime increased its strength by bringing in reinforcements.

A group of breakaway resistance fighters chose to carry out grenade attacks against army positions of the Myanmar military regime in order to divert the attention of the opposing side.

"The military is there with force. We want to separate them. Three soldiers were killed and two others seriously injured in the attack", the Guest Security Group said, cited from Myanmar Now, Thursday, April 29.

Prior to Tuesday night's clashes, the Guest Security Group, armed with hunting rifles, also clashed with Myanmar police on April 1.

In the three-grenade attack on Nan Phar Lone Police Base, five Myanmar policemen were killed on the spot.

To note, Ko Aung Aung, whose rank is unknown, reportedly joined the civil disobedience movement immediately after the February 1 coup. About 50 soldiers and police officers have sided with the people at Tamu on the Indian border and have been fighting the junta alongside civilians.

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