SAGAING, Myanmar – According to local sources, Junta troops burned down a town with over 800 households in Sagaing Region’s Kalay Township last weekend after clashes with defense forces.
Residents of Ah Shey See, a village in the township’s southern part near the Magway Region’s border, claim regime forces set fire to their homes late Sunday evening.
“They set fire to every house they could see.” “On the outskirts of the village, only a few houses were spared,” said a resident who did not want to be identified.
According to aerial photographs, most of the village has been reduced to ashes. Only about 40 structures have survived.
After a full day of fighting between the Kalay People’s Defence Force (PDF) and around 200 junta troops, the attack on the village began. The battle started early Sunday morning and lasted until about 5 p.m. when the PDF fighters were forced to retreat.
The soldiers allegedly stole as much as they could from the villagers’ homes before setting the fire.
