Assam Rifles killed 3 NSCN terrorists in Arunachal
There is no statement from the Assam Rifles on the incident so far and there is no clarity on whether any member of the armed forces has been injured or not.
Three terrorists of the Yung Ang faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K-YA) were killed in a gunfight with Assam Rifles personnel near the Indo-Myanmar border at Khogla in Longding district of Arunachal Pradesh on Monday. said an officer.
“I have been informed by the commanding officer of the Assam Rifles in Khonsa that three cadres of the NSCN-K-YA were killed in an encounter that took place around 8 am on Monday,” Longding deputy commissioner Bani Lego told HT over phone.
There is no statement from the Assam Rifles on the incident so far and it is not clear whether any member of the armed forces has been injured.
The three were killed days after an ambush near the Myanmar border in Manipur killed five soldiers, including a colonel, his wife and their eight-year-old son, on Saturday.
The Revolutionary People’s Front, a group under which the People’s Liberation Army Manipur operates, jointly with the Manipur Naga People’s Front claimed responsibility for the attack.
The ambush comes at a time when the Army’s assessment of the security situation in the Northeast had improved significantly, and there is a planned and gradual withdrawal of troops.
Assam Rifles killed 3 NSCN terrorists in Arunachal
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