Troops under the Magway PDF captured the police station in Myitche, the site of the massacre in which at least 24 civilians were killed.
Two junta soldiers were killed, and 14 surrendered during the attack.
Myanmar 🇲🇲: images of the massacre in Pakokku are too gruesome to share unfiltered but it is clear dozens have been killed. 49 based on the latest report.
Another brutal crime by the junta.
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🇲🇲 #Myanmar: Four people, including alleged prisoners of war, were killed after Myanmar junta fighter jets carried out airstrikes on a location in Mindat Town.
According to regional reports, the Myanmar military has conducted a total of 11 airstrikes over the past two days, with the attacks also reportedly destroying at least 15 civilian homes.
(via @pvtvmyanmar)
Regime airstrikes killed four people and destroyed 15 civilian houses, 10 government buildings and four vehicles in resistance-held Mindat, Chin State on Monday and Tuesday, the Chin People’s Union said. Photo: CPU #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Myanmar military operations in Kani Township, Sagaing Region have forced more than 30,000 residents from 44 villages to flee their homes, disrupting monsoon paddy cultivation. Displaced families need food and medicine, resistance groups said. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Security Situation Deteriorates in Bangladesh as Indigenous Communities Flee to Arakan and Chin States
AB News – May 13, 2026
As the security situation worsens in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts, non-Muslim indigenous communities are reportedly fleeing to Rakhine State and Chin State due to threats, intimidation, and pressure from Muslim settlers who migrated from Bangladesh’s lowland regions, according to a report published by The Diplomat on May 12.
The report stated that more than 800,000 people from 11 indigenous ethnic groups live in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region, most of whom practice Buddhism, Christianity, or Hinduism.
Local indigenous communities have reportedly faced years of land confiscation, encroachment, insecurity, and intimidation, while receiving little effective protection from Bangladeshi authorities.
U Htwe Sein Maung from Lama village in Bandarban District said his family relocated to Rakhine State in 2014 after their farmland was seized and their rice fields were burned.
“They trespassed into our farmland and set fire to our paddy fields. We were no longer allowed to cultivate our land. Even when we reported it to the police, no action was taken,” he said.
Alongside U Htwe Sein Maung’s family, 16 other households reportedly sold their properties and moved to Maungdaw Township.
Another resident now living in Maungdaw Township, U Maung Kyaw San, said, “There may be war here, but at least it is safer,” adding that they now survive through daily wage labor.
Residents also claimed that child disappearances and forced marriages involving young women have become increasingly common in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Daw Thanu Sein from Rangamati District said several girls, including her 16-year-old niece, disappeared and were later reportedly forced into marriages with Muslim men.
The report also noted that in 2022, some families from the Chittagong Hill Tracts fled toward border areas in Chin State and Mizoram.
According to local residents, Bangladeshi authorities have also arrested some indigenous people after accusing them of links to the Kuki Chin National Front.
Ethnic communities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts continue to face land disputes, armed conflict, and insecurity, prompting increasing numbers of people to relocate to Rakhine and Chin states in search of safety.
According to The Diplomat report titled “Ethnic Groups Are Fleeing Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts in Search of Safety in Myanmar”, more than 20,000 people fled the Chittagong Hill Tracts between 2011 and 2014.
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A decisive coalition of 42 local People Defense Forces (LPDFs) has come together to unite under the command of the Federal Unit of the Magway region in Magway Division. This pivotal move is set to substantially challenge and disrupt the junta regime forces in Myanmar.
Having endured over five years of conflict with limited resources, this unity signifies a learned and strategic evolution in resistance efforts.
The consolidation of local anti-junta forces is precisely what the junta regime fears most, as it directly threatens their hold on power.
This development has garnered widespread support from the people across the nation, signaling a unified push for change and resilience against the oppressive regime.
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Mark Farmaner, the director of Burma Campaign UK, said: “Moving Aung San Suu Kyi isn’t about change or reform – it’s about public relations designed to preserve military rule. No-one should be fooled.”
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