Irrawaddy-Jan 9
Two female resistance fighters blew themselves up on January 7 rather than be searched by Myanmar military soldiers based in Kawlin Township, Sagaing Region, according to resistance fighters and local residents. Daw Su Su Yee, 45, and Ma Hnin Si Hlaing, 20, both members of the Kawlin Revolution (KR) Team resistance group, were riding a motorcycle and carrying handmade bombs when they unexpectedly met a regime column that was patrolling in the township around 9am on January 7.
“The junta troops ordered them to stop and were about to search the women. But when the troops gathered around them, the women fighters blew themselves up rather than be arrested,” said the KR Team spokesperson. Junta casualties from the blast are still unknown. KR Team said in a statement that Daw Su Su Yi and Hnin Si Hlaing had sacrificed their lives for the revolution and honored them. “People tend to say women have weak dispositions, but that saying will be questioned now. They had a strong revolutionary creed and made the decision to take responsibility. Comrades, you even tried to show the three finger salute while you were dying,” said the KR Team’s statement. The suicide attack followed clashes in Kawlin Township two days before, when 50-odd military regime soldiers started advancing towards Nat Kyi Khone Village and fighting broke out between them and the Kawlin People’s Defence Force (KLPDF) at around 8:30am on January 5. KLPDF was able to retreat successfully, but made a plan with their allies, including KR Team, to plant landmines and time bombs to prevent further aggressive actions by junta forces. The two women who died on January 7 were carrying some of those bombs. Read more at: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-against-the-junta/women-resistance-fighters-blow-themselves-up-to-avoid-arrest-by-myanmar-junta.html
