Thursday, March 28th 2024

AA claims shooting down army helicopter, Tamadaw denies


  • By: Web Master
  • | Date: 07 September 2019
  • | Viewer: 1.6k

Narinjara News, 7 September 2019

Arakan Army (AA) claims that its members have gunned down an army helicopter in Plaletwa township of Chin State near the Indian border on Thursday, but the Myanmar security forces denied it.

The revolutionary group stated in a press statement that its forced successfully gunned down the helicopter at 3.30 pm on 5 September last.

The helicopter is understood to be a Mi 17 and the location is somewhere at 5.5 kilometer northwest of Kathalin village,  2.4 km west of Laung Yet Taung village and 900 meter east of Kan Kha mountain range where the helicopter was shot down, said the AA statement.

Office of the commander in chief spokesperson Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun, however, denied the AA claim and informed Narinjara News over the telephone that there was no report of such incident in the area.

“There was nothing to talk about it. We have already issued a statement yesterday that a helicopter from Nepal urgently landed in Buthidaung township because of bad weather,” said Zaw Min Tun adding that there was no evidence to prove the AA claim.

you may also like

AA raids army’s temporary artillery base
  • Web Master
  • September 26, 2019
AA raids army’s temporary artillery base
Army headquarter attacked by AA with rockets
  • Web Master
  • September 21, 2019
Army headquarter attacked by AA with rockets
5 villagers wounded in naval firing
  • Web Master
  • September 16, 2019
5 villagers wounded in naval firing
Bullet hit Mro national died of blood loss
  • Web Master
  • September 16, 2019
Bullet hit Mro national died of blood loss
 Armed conflicts continue in Arakan
  • Web Master
  • September 13, 2019
Armed conflicts continue in Arakan