People’s Defense Force says ‘We wanted to know what the Military Council soldiers in Otpo village were doing and, if the circumstances allowed it, we planned to set the landmines.’
Monitoring Desk
Yangon
Four local guerrillas were burned to death by Military Council soldiers in Otpo village, in Sagaing’s Ye-U Township, according to the Ye-U People’s Defense Force (PDF).
About 80 junta troops arrived at Otpo village on 28 February. On the morning of 1 March, four local guerrillas entered the village to attack the soldiers with landmines, but they were shot at and caught by soldiers who burned them to death, according to the Ye-U PDF.
A Ye-U PDF spokesperson said: “We wanted to know what the Military Council soldiers in Otpo village were doing and, if the circumstances allowed it, we planned to set the landmines. But, the military council soldiers shot them [the guerillas] and burned them to death. Their bodies were buried in the evening.”
Apparently, the bodies could only be taken away and buried after the Military Council troops had left Otpo village for Taung Gwin village on the evening of 2 March.
Before they left a hand grenade was fired at the soldiers in Otpo village during the evening of 2 March, but no casualties were reported.
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Courtesy: MIZZIMA
