Assam Rifles jawan killed, nine injured in ambush

Guwahati, December 3

An Assam Rifles jawan was killed while nine others were injured when armed militants ambushed a convoy at Wakka village in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh today. The attack, suspected to have been carried out by militants belonging to the banned Naga outfit NSCN-K, took place near the Indo-Myanmar border.

Sources said the injured personnel were airlifted to the Army base hospital in Dinjan in eastern Assam. Troops have launched a combing operation. “We believe it to be handiwork of Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang militants who have some presence in Tirap district,” a defence spokesman said. 

It was the third attack on security personnel in the area close to the border in the past 15 days. On November 19, a combined team of the NSCN-K and the United Liberation Front of Assam had carried out an ambush on Army personnel in Tinsukia district, killing three soldiers. 

On November 26, the United National Liberation Front of Western South East Asia ambushed a group of 21 Para commandos in Manipur, injuring five. — TNS/IANS