1 killed and 3 injured due to the explosion of the KAPS-16 ammunition workshop that was providing support in the Battle of Pataung. Colonel Aung Ne Tun, the head of the factory, hid the news

The Irrawaddy Times July 9th Baguio Pa Taung Township, On June 30, an explosion occurred in a munitions-making workshop inside the Mathon area-based defense equipment factory, killing one military expert and seriously injuring three others, according to military sources. The place where the explosion took place was a workshop that made munitions using nitric acid. It is a large factory that mainly produces RDX and WNA types of ammunition used in war. As a result of the explosion, one expert soldier from the government army was killed on the spot, and three others were seriously injured and had to be rushed to the Mingaladon Army Hospital (Tasaka 1/1000) for treatment. The Irrawaddy Times reported last July 3 that the commander of the KPS-16 factory, Colonel Aung Ne Tun, was keeping a tight lid on the incident to prevent it from leaking out. Erawatte Times news agency did not know for sure whether the explosion of the ammunition factory was caused by an accident caused by a technical failure in the factory or by the attack of the Army (AA) and joint forces. Currently, the western part of Baguio Pa Taung Township, Around the Nyangzhou area, fierce fighting is going on with the revolutionary joint forces led by Sein Myaling, the regional commander of the government army. According to a military source, since June 1st, the army of the elected government has been firing heavy weapons from the artillery stations in KAPS-5 and KAPS-16 in Pataung Township to the places where the fighting took place. Colonel Zaw Tun Oo, commander of Pa Taung Township, is an infantry officer who used to serve as a platoon commander in Rakhine State. According to a military source, heavy weapons are being fired from the Nyaungzhao-ro and Kapas 16 camps due to the advance of the AA and regional defense cooperation groups. Figure 16 as seen from Google Map The post 1 person killed and 3 injured due to the explosion of the KAPS-16 munitions workshop that was providing support in the Pa Taung battle. Factory commander Colonel Aung Ne Tun hides news appeared first on Ayeyarwaddy Times.