The junta forces fired shelling on Pauk Taw town, 20miles east of Sittwe, using a military helicopter  after the town was occupied and controlled bythe Arakan  Army (AA).

The armed AAmembers captured Pauk Taw police station on the Wednesday night, said local residents.

At around 9:46 am, a military helicopter flew over thetown and started firing on several locations including a police station.

“The helicopter cameand bombed over several places. I heard the sound of bombing and gunshot manytimes. We are now hiding at a saferplace," said a Pauk  Taw, while talking to Narinjara News.

No concrete report about the casualties and damage ofproperties has been coming out.

The AA captured the police station on 15 Novemberand took control over the city.

The AA members asked the policemen to surrender beforeoccupying the police station. Two Burmese officersrefused to surrender even though the others agreed to it.

Then AA members proceeded and attacked the policestation. Within 15 minutes, the police station was occupied by AA members.

The camp was invaded in the midnight hours and laterthe AA membersdetained 30police constables and seizedall the arms & ammunition.

After taking control of the police station, the AA members put down the Myanmar flag,and started controlling the entire locality.