Chinland Defense Force loses 18 in fight against military
Eighteen members of the Chinland Defense Force (CDF) Thantlang, including its Commander-in-Chief Ram Zel, were killed during fighting with the military in Thantlang Township, located 22 miles (35 km) west of the Chinland capital Hakha, on Saturday.
“They were killed by artillery fired by military troops stationed at the National League for Democracy [NLD] party office,” a CDF Thantlang spokesperson told DVB. Another member said that nearly 50 CDF Thantlang members have been injured in battle and are in need of medical attention.
The military still occupies the town’s NLD office and police station. Chin resistance forces seized control of a bank occupied by the military on Oct. 7. The Chin National Front (CNF) told DVB that resistance forces control over 90 percent of Thantlang. They launched an offensive against the military in Thantlang on July 22.
Thirty killed as Brotherhood Alliances seizes Hsipaw
Around 30 civilians were reportedly killed and an unknown number were injured by retaliatory airstrikes carried out by the Burma Air Force as the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) seized full control of Hsipaw, located around 47 miles (76 km) southwest of Lashio in northern Shan State, on Sunday.
“The Burma Air Force conducted six rounds of airstrikes after the resistance seized the town,” a Hsipaw resident told DVB. Around 100 military personnel and their family members have been detained by the TNLA and its allied resistance groups as prisoners of war.
Hsipaw is located on a trade route that links Burma’s second largest city, Mandalay, to the border of China. The Brotherhood Alliance consists of the TNLA, the Arakan Army (AA), and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA). The TNLA launched its offensive against the military in Hsipaw in August.
At least 520 killed or missing since Typhoon Yagi
At least 520 people have been killed, or have gone missing, since the remnants of Typhoon Yagi arrived in Burma on Sept. 9. Nearly one million have been impacted by floods nationwide, the regime deputy Prime Minister Soe Win said at a ceremony to commemorate the International Day for Disaster Reduction in Naypyidaw on Sunday.
“We must constantly take care to reduce the damage caused by natural disasters as Myanmar ranks sixth place with a score of 36.26 on the World Risk Index 2023,” added Soe Win. Regime media reported that more than 180,000 livestock were killed and 735,461 acres of crop fields were destroyed.
The regime plans to provide financial aid to families who’ve lost their homes. It claimed to have provided one million kyat to those who’ve lost loved ones. The National Unity Government (NUG) stated that more than 600 people have died or gone missing. It added that over one million people have been impacted by flooding and landslides.
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AYEYARWADY—Airlines resumed flights to and from Pathein Airport in Pathein Township on Sunday – six years after they were first suspended. Service was resumed in preparation for the Thadingyut holidays, which will be held from Oct. 16-18.
“The regime hopes to get more local tourists to Bagan, Nyaung-U in Mandalay as well as Ngwesaung, Chaungtha beaches and Gaw Yin Gyi island in Pathein,” airport staff told DVB. Security at the airport was put on alert Oct. 9, as the AA offensive in Gwa Township of southern Arakan State continued. Gwa is 110 miles (170 km) south of Pathein.
SHAN—Three civilians were killed and two others, including a 4-year-old boy, were injured by airstrikes on Einyl village, near Lashio, on Monday. An unknown number of buildings, including a church, were damaged. “There have been sixteen airstrikes, so far,” a Lashio resident told DVB. The MNDAA took control of Lashio when it seized the Northeast Regional Military Command (RMC) headquarters on Aug. 3.
YANGON—A resistance group calling itself the Golden Valley Warriors shot a member of the Hlaingthaya (West) Township Management Committee and a student in Hlaingthaya Township on Sunday. “I don’t know his exact condition, but the student is in critical condition and was transported to a military hospital,” a Hlaingthaya resident told DVB.
The resistance group claimed that it targeted the township management committee member for helping the regime to collect the names of 800 men eligible for military conscription in Hlaingthaya. A neighborhood inspection was carried out by regime authorities after the attack. The conscription law was implemented on Feb. 10.
The Yankin Township Court charged four anti-coup activists with inciting public unrest last week, the Anti-Junta Alliance of Yangon (AJAY) spokesperson Nan Lin told DVB. The four were arrested after staging a flash mob protest on Sept. 19. Paing Phyo Min, the leader of AJAY, and another member were arrested on Oct. 9.
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