The Myanmar military regime reported on Sunday that it had arrested seven men it said were members of the People’s Defense Force (PDF) in Yangon’s Hlaing Township who were involved in the assassinations of 15 junta-linked individuals including veterans and departmental personnel.
It said the alleged gunman in the Jan. 30 shooting death of a former military officer who was working as a deputy general manager of a soap manufacturing factory in Yangon was arrested on Feb. 7, and six accomplices were arrested over the next two days. Four of them underwent a month of training in making improvised explosive devices in the area controlled by the Karen National Liberation Army’s Brigade 2, according to the junta report.
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Source: The Irrawaddi
