Members of local resistance forces speculate that the area is being targeted by the junta to secure safe passage of supplies to their bases in neighbouring townships
The latest confirmed casualty figures from last month’s deadly attack on the village include 18 infants and 42 people over the age of 65
The attack on the village follows a meeting between the MNDAA and residents which the Myanmar army may have assumed was as a discussion of military action
The junta deploys fighter jets, hundreds of ground troops and heavy weapons to overrun a PDF base in Mogok
The Myanmar military launches days of consecutive airstrikes on Moe Tar Lay village in Katha Township