Junta troops have raided a large village of more than 3,000 residents near one of Myanmar’s most famous pilgrimage sites, forcing locals to flee their homes.
The raid on Letpan in Sagaing Region followed clashes between junta forces and the Sagaing People’s Defense Force (PDF) on Monday night along the Sagaing-Mingun road on the Irrawaddy River.
Fighting raged for nearly two hours as regime artillery pounded the site, damaging a monastery in Letpan, according to a Sagaing PDF member. Several villagers were arrested.
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