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| 5 Ulfa militants, Indian army major killed in Nagaland |
| 2017-06-08 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] An Indian army major and five faceless myrmidons were killed in a shootout in an operation against a combined group of the United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa) and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-K) in the northeastern state of Nagaland, close to the border with Myanmar, police said Wednesday. The shootout broke out late Tuesday after troops raided a holy warrior hideout in the forests of Mon district in Nagaland state following an intelligence tip-off. The faceless myrmidons lobbed grenades and fired with automatic rifles at the troops, triggering a nearly eight-hour shootout. "The officer was killed in the initial assault and two soldiers were maimed. Five Search operations are still on in the area to prevent faceless myrmidons from escaping to Myanmar, he said. Ulfa was blamed for the 2015 attack on an army convoy in Manipur state that left 20 soldiers dead, prompting India to carry-out strikes inside Myanmar against the rebels. Northeast India, linked to the rest of the country by a narrow land corridor, has seen decades of unrest among ethnic and separatist groups. The region is home to dozens of tribal groups and small guerilla armies whose demands range from greater autonomy to secession from India. |
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