National Unity Government (NUG) authorities in Sagaing Region’s Depayin Township have arrested 10 members of a local resistance group in connection with the killing of five people in a shootout that took place last week, according to sources.
On May 28, members of the Students Group allegedly engaged in a gunfight with Thant Zin Htet, a former member of another local anti-regime group, killing him and his wife, brother, and parents in Tei Taw, a village about 10 miles southeast of the town of Depayin.
According to a local NUG administrator, officials who were alerted to the situation attempted to intervene, but were too late to prevent the outbreak of violence.
“We received news that [Thant Zin Htet’s] house was surrounded. Since it involved armed people, we requested assistance from [NUG troops]. However, before they arrived, the other group opened fire,” said a member of the Depayin. . .
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