Narinjara News, 18 September 2022

A Military navy vesselfaced shelling attacks by ArakanArmy(AA) members in a Taungup township creek on Friday noon, where the ship got heavily damaged,said local residents.

After the incident in Arakan's southern district town, the navy ship was stopped near Ma Kyi Kyun island. Itis assumed that the engine wentout of order and hence the soldiers came out of it and took a different ship.

Along with the soldiers, the ship was loaded with militaryequipment along with food itemsand it started the journey from Taungup locality.

The AA attack took place near Shwe Linyeon shipping jetty,which is very close to BellugyiTaung mountain (Nget Pyaw Chaung creek).

Soon after the attack, soldiers in the vessel responded withfiring from heavy weapons. Localsinformed that there was an exchange of fireby both small and big arms.

"We could hear around 16 shell gunshots. After abouttwenty minutes, it ended,” addedthe residents.

Several soldiers are suspected to be killed in theattack, but no details have beenavailable with Narinjara News.

The soldiers were transported from Taungup to Kyauk Phyutownship as the junta forces werefighting against AA members there.

It may be mentioned that the AA has targeted a militaryvessel for the first time. Boththe armed forces belonging to the authority and AA have been fighting in various parts of Rakhine State. Lately the battle has escalated from the north to south of theState.

Now the Burmese soldiers are inspecting the boats travelingin the creek. They also continuechecking the nearby villagers, stated theresidents.