The Ministry of Defense of the National Unity Government has confirmed that the People's Defense Forces have successfully captured Kolin Town in Sagaing Province this morning. The defense team said that they were also able to free 83 people who were arrested on political charges from the custody of the Kolin police station. Ko Win Nakh Maung will tell the latest report on the state of Kolin.
On Monday, November 6, around 8:00 a.m., the entire town of Collins was captured by the People's Defense Forces and allied joint forces, according to Ko Downey, a member of the 2nd Battalion of the Collins District.
"Collins has completely confiscated everything. The whole city has been taken. It's still 8 o'clock in the morning. Since 8 o'clock in the morning, they all left. When we left early in the morning, when we pulled Mission, the rest of us all went back to the general office. We have now cleared the city. The rest of the people in the city have been evacuated (almost). The military council captured 2 prisoners. One died during our arrest. We still have another one.”
Kolin police station, where military council troops are stationed in Kolin city. Ataka 1 High School Land Registry Office The Myanmar Commercial Bank and the General Administration Office were attacked and occupied. Kolin District Battalion 1 and Rakhine Army AA joint forces attacked the eastern side of Kolin City and Kolin District Battalion 2 and Kachin Independence Army KIA jointly attacked the western side of Kolin City, the Defense Force said.
The National Unity Government's Ministry of Defense announced that the capture of Kolin was the first time in Sagaing that a district town had been attacked and captured.
On the evening of November 5, the police station in Collins was captured and 83 people who were charged with political charges were released from the custody of the police station, Kodowney said. He also said that a large number of weapons and ammunition were seized during the occupation of the police station.
"Yesterday, we were able to evacuate 83 prisoners who entered the police station exactly according to our list. I got it from the police station yesterday. I went to the police station on the 3rd day. Our guns and weapons are more than 40 guns, weapons, and ammunition. More than 40 full weapons. And I saved more than 1,000 bullets. There were 83 prisoners and we were able to take them out in an orderly manner."
During the fighting, defense groups said the military council attacked Collins more than 20 times from the air. The places where the battle took place on the side of the military council, namely, Residents also said that there was damage to houses and casualties due to the shooting of heavy weapons in areas such as Kantablu.
The city of Collins has an estimated population of over 6,000 residents. Those who help avoid war
He said that residents are being evacuated to places where they can escape from the war, but some residents are staying inside the city instead of leaving the city.
Today, after the capture of Kolin, the fighting has ended, but the defense forces and those helping to avoid the war are worried that there will be another aerial bombardment on Kolin.
"The rest is still there. There are those who do not come out. After we explain it to understand, they release it. Dropping the bomb is hot. Because they are still there, shooting with a helicopter is just shooting with a big weapon. When their people are gone, they will drop the bomb. That's why we're releasing everything after it's released. We are currently looking around the whole city. I saw that the houses with courtyards were just ruins. The dead body on the road is a woman's corpse. I found a male corpse. And at Kyaw Zeya School, I saw a girl who was thrown from the side and hit her thigh and bled to death. That's all. There are not many civilian deaths.”
Those who helped refugees said that the entire Kolin area is responsible for all the living and food for the evacuees who came out of Kolin.
Colin in Sagaing baby Tamu Myong In areas such as Dipaying and Ganggo within Magway, more than a week after the start of the 1027 operation, the military intensity is increasing rapidly in Sagaing Division.