AA takes credit for junta helicopter crash landing

By Admin 12 Nov 2024

DMG Newsroom
12 November 2024, Ann

One of four military helicopters returning from delivering weapons and ammunition to the Western Command headquarters in Arakan State’s Ann Township was shot down by the Arakkha Army (AA) at around 2:30 p.m.on November 10, U Khaing Thukha, spokesperson for the ethnic armed group, confirmed on Tuesday.

“We know that the military helicopter did not crash due to the damage, but that it was unable to reach its destination controlled by the military regime and then landed in a convenient place,” he told the media.

The military chopper landed near Kyauksone Village in Ngape Township, Magway Region, he added.

The AA has stepped up attacks in an effort to seize the Western Command, and the ethnic armed group has so far taken control of at least 10 junta camps in the township.

Fighting between the military and the AA continues in Ann, with the two sides fighting fiercely near the military training school and the regime sending reinforcements.

“Ann is important to the military regime. The military’s Western Command has only one land exit from Sittwe,” said Zin Yaw, a captain of the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM).

It has been about a year since fighting between the military regime and AA resumed in Arakan State. Clashes between the military and AA continue to intensify in Ann, Gwa, Taungup and Maungdaw as the dry season approaches, a time that typically sees an uptick in military manoeuvres.