Other pictures showed four men who were said to be police with their hands behind their backs, blindfolded with surgical masks.
The town is around 100km (60 miles) east of the capital Naypyidaw and lies near territory held by some of the ethnic armed groups that have fought for greater autonomy for decades.
PDF member Thet Wai told Agence France-Presse: “I thought today is a day of conquest. But I am also worried because we have seen airstrikes and tanks today. They have much better weapons than us.”
State television made no mention of the clash, and Reuters was unable to reach a junta spokesman for comment on the fighting.
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Yangon, Myanmar:
Detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday voiced defiance in her first public comments since being held in a coup, vowing her ousted political party would exist as long as the people exist.
Myanmar has been in uproar since the February 1 putsch, with near-daily protests and a nationwide civil disobedience movement. More than 800 people have been killed by the military, according to a local monitoring group.
04:27 EDT, 24 May 2021
Detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday voiced defiance in her first public comments since being held in a coup, vowing her ousted political party would exist as long as the people exist.
Myanmar has been in uproar since the February 1 putsch, with near-daily protests and a nationwide civil disobedience movement. More than 800 people have been killed by the military, according to a local monitoring group.
In her first in-person court appearance, Suu Kyi told her lawyer her National League for Democracy would exist as long as the people exist, even as the junta threatens to dissolve the party - which swept elections in 2020 - over alleged voter fraud.
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