- Web Master
- November 18, 2023
The
junta run military training school (number 9) in Min
Bya township of Rakhine State had fired heavy weapons
for two days in a row that frightened the locals as there is a
ceasefire with the Arakan Army still continuing.
Reasons behind the shooting with heavy weapons are yet
to be known. Locals believe that it was none other than the provocation from
the Burmese army personnel.
The heavy weapons were fired several
times in the morning and afternoon hours on 19 and 20
October.
A woman from the Nga Phaw
Chaung village, which is near to the training school,
said that they could hear the loud sound of shooting since
the morning hours.
“They fired
heavily till 12 noon. Then
resumed it by 1 pm. Second day, they fired for almost the whole day. We are worried about the development,”
she added.
The training
school often fires heavily on
On 7, 8 June and 12 July, the school indulged
in firing with small and large weapons, but no prior
notice was served for the public.
The school was attacked by
AA members on 23 March 2020. Some casualties were reported.
AA members also seized some guns and later set
the schools on fire.
The military junta and AA leaders have been following
a ceasefire in Rakhine State for about a year. Rakhine people always fear the
return of the conflict days as the military council started strengthening its
forces with weapons and other supplies.
ULA/AA spokesperson
U Khaing Thukha said that if the fighting in Rakhine State returns
due to the Myanmar army’s military expansion, that will be
their responsibility.