A man set for mandatory military service attacked members of the junta’s administration with a sword in Naypyitaw’s Pobbathiri Township on January 20, injuring a regime administrator, according to local sources.
The attack unfolded when 27-year-old Thant Zin Phyo, listed for military service, confronted ward administrator Hla Htun at his home in Kyi Taung Kan Ward 5, expressing anger before striking with a sword, a local resident told Myanmar Now.
According to the source, the chief administrator was struck in the head, shoulder, and arm, while the ward administrator was left unharmed."The ward administrator fell, even though he wasn't hit. Then the chief administrator tried to intervene. That’s when he got struck.”
Currently, the junta chief administrator has been sent to hospital and is currently under observation.
Thant Zin Phyo has been charged under Penal Code sections 326 and 332, for. . .
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