Civilian resistance groups fighting against the dictatorship ambushed a military column in Tedim Township.
According to their own account, they killed at least 10 junta fighters and wounded others during the fighting on the road from Kalay to Tedim in Chin State.
According to the spokesperson for Civilian Defense Militia – Siyin, three military trucks and two vehicles sending reinforcements from Kalay in Sagaing Region to support a foot patrol trapped by Chin resistance forces were attacked by the group, Zongam Army and various People’s Defence Forces on Tuesday morning.
He said the Burma Army (BA) was forced to retreat while none of the civilian fighters died or were injured.
A couple of days before, Urban Guerrilla Group exchanged fire with the same BA column in Tar Han ward in Kalay, killing two of its soldiers before it had even left the town, while regime shelling destroyed a house.
On 15 January, the regime ordered air strikes on resistance forces who had pinned down the BA foot patrol of 100 soldiers near Htay Zan in Tedim Township.
On the same day as the air strike, the junta attacked them with howitzers from the Kalay University compound. The fighting brought all traffic between Kalay and Tedim to a standstill.