So-Called PDF Terrorist Group Threatens School, Disrupting Education Sector in Kyaukpadaung Township of Mandalay Region

So-Called PDF Terrorist Group Threatens School, Disrupting Education Sector in Kyaukpadaung Township of Mandalay Region

     Terrorist groups are committing inhumane acts with the intent to disrupt the education system, which is dedicated to improving and advancing children's learning. These acts include the destruction of school textbooks and stationery, the intimidation and abduction of education staff and students, targeted killings, the planting of explosive devices to destroy educational buildings and sending threatening letters to the teachers.

     Since they are conducting such terrorist acts, on 18 July 2025 at 9:30 AM, approximately 15 so-called PDF terrorists arrived at the Basic Education Primary School in Kyauk Khwat Village in Kyaukpadaung Township of Mandalay Region. They threatened the teachers not to open the school. Additionally, they locked the main gate and classroom doors. The school currently has five teachers and 52 students, it is reported.

     It has been reported that the security personnel are investigating the culprits of the acts of terrorism from the above incident to take effective action in accordance with the law.