National Unity Government: 740 Myanmar Military Regime Troops Killed In Armed Clashes Throughout July

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JAKARTA - At least 740 troops of the Myanmar military regime were killed and 355 others injured, in armed clashes with civil resistance fighters throughout last July, according to a report by the National Unity Government (NUG).

Meanwhile, based on media reports, NUG said nearly 200 civilians were killed and 47 injured by the military in the fighting during the month, as quoted by The Irrawaddy, Wednesday 11 August.

The NUG said civil resistance fighters used air rifles, homemade firearms, and bombs across the country, except in Rakhine State. The state reported only one explosion and attack on a junta informant in July.

"Throughout last July, junta forces faced 60 battles with ethnic armed forces and 62 exchanges of fire with civilian People's Defense Forces", the NUG said.

The NUG further explained that the Myanmar military regime suffered the heaviest losses in the Sagaing Region with 36 exchanges of fire with civil resistance forces, three exchanges of fire with ethnic armed forces, and 36 killings of troops.

"Meanwhile, the military regime forces carried out 23 acts of violence, including massacres, in the region", the NUG said.

In the same report, the NUG estimated that 417 junta soldiers were killed and 270 injured in the Sagaing Region. Meanwhile, 128 civilians were killed and six injured in the region.

"Meanwhile in Kani Township in the region, about 40 civilians, including a child, were killed in a series of massacres by the junta during military operations against the civil resistance," the report continued.

NUG in the report also said that the Mandalay region experienced the second-largest violence with 44 cases throughout last July. The report also contains 12 explosions, 18 attacks on junta forces, and three exchanges of fire, including two with the People's Defense Forces. During the conflict, three soldiers and 14 civilians were killed and 17 injured.

As of Monday, more than 960 have died as a result of the Myanmar military regime's crackdown, raids, arrests, and random shootings, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since February 1 coup.

Meanwhile, more than 7,000 people, including elected government leaders, members of the National League for Democracy, protesters, activists, journalists, writers, and artists, have also been detained by the junta.

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