SAA event in Palaw Police Station area, Myanmar on Mon 19th October 2026

Two police officers killed after revolutionary forces attack Palaw Police Station

Yangon, 23 October

According to local sources speaking to Khit Thit Media, revolutionary forces attacked Palaw Police Station in Palaw Township, Tanintharyi Region, killing two police officers. Following the attack, the terrorist military continuously carried out aerial bombing attacks.

On 19 October, revolutionary forces attacked Palaw Police Station, and Police Sergeant Maung Naing, a resident of Kan Maw Village, and Police Lieutenant Min Min Tun, a resident of Maung Hlone Village, were both killed instantly.

After their deaths, the bodies of the two police officers were transported back to their respective villages. Police Sergeant Maung Naing was buried in Kan Maw Village, while Police Lieutenant Min Min Tun's body will be buried in Myeik.

"It is reported that revolutionary forces entered the police station and opened fire. Two of them died instantly. Those killed were Police Lieutenant Min Min Tun from Maung Hlone Village and Police Sergeant Maung Naing from Kan Maw Village. It is understood that their bodies were also taken back to their villages," a local source said.

After the police station was attacked, the terrorist military deployed one jet fighter and two gyrocopters and carried out indiscriminate firing and bombing attacks in the forested and mountainous areas around Kade Village.

It is reported that there were no civilian casualties resulting from the aerial attacks.