A resistance group claimed responsibility for an attack on the junta-controlled Aye Lar airbase in Naypyitaw using “electric discharge-activated” shells early Thursday morning, the second attack on the base this month.
The Mountain Knights Civilian Defence Force (MKCDF)—a unit of the People’s Defence Forces commanded by the ministry of defence of Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government (NUG)—claimed responsibility for the strike.
The resistance group claims to have fired on the airbase, a section of Naypyitaw’s international airport where the junta stores military aircraft, using seven discharge-activated 107mm shells, at around 4am, purportedly causing major casualties.
The electric discharge-activated shells used in the attack on the Aye Lar airbase (MKCDF)
“Five air force officers and 12 soldiers were. . .