AA Launches Attack on Myaung Bway Police Station in Mrauk U

 Residents reported that the Arakan Army (AA) launched an attack on a police station stationed by junta forces in Myaung Bway, Mrauk-U Township, Rakhine State, and the fighting began on Thursday morning.

On December 28, around 6:00 AM, a resident of Myaung Bway reported hearing a series of small arms fire near the Myaung Bway police station, located along the Mrauk-U-Minbya highway.

"The Myaung Bway police station has been attacked by the AA. We've been hearing continuous gunshots since 6:00 AM," reported a resident of Myaung Bway when contacted at 8:00 AM.

The Myaung Bway police station serves as a camp where soldiers are stationed, with approximately 60 troops. Local residents mentioned that there is also an artillery unit located within the police station.

"The Myaung Bway police station is primarily stationed by soldiers, with at least 50 to 60 soldiers and policemen. There is also an artillery unit," reported a resident of Myaung Bway.

Residents mentioned that the Myaung Bway cottage hospital, Myaung Bway High School, and some houses near the Myaung Bway police station, where the AA attacked, were present. Most of the residents fled before the onset of the conflict.

Residents reported that the battalions based in Mrauk-U Township and the Kyaing Taung battalion in Minbya Township were consistently firing artillery shells into the areas of conflict.

The junta's battalions from Mrauk-U Township and Minbya Township have been firing artillery shells at these areas since around 2 AM this morning. When Narinjara contacted the residents again at 8:44 AM, artillery shells were still being fired.

After the simultaneous attacks by AA members at Thu Taw Ma Taung military camp and Mrauk-U district police station in Ngwe Taung Pauk, north of Mrauk-U Township on the morning of December 24, both locations were successfully captured by the night of December 26, as announced by the Three Brotherhood Alliance.

In the statement released on December 27, marking the 62nd day of "Operation 1027," the Three Brotherhood Alliance announced that the AA is persistently working towards completing the capture of its designated operational targets and striving to achieve the capture of military bases and strategic camps that are only halfway or have only a few remaining.