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Manipur: 21 army personnel killed in militants ambush

| | Jun 05, 2015, at 03:01 am
Guwahati, June 4 (IBNS): At least 21 army personnel were killed and 10 others were injured in an deadly ambush by militants in their convoy in Manipur's Chandel district on Thursday morning, officials said.
The ambush took place between the area of Paralong and Charong, about 30 kms from Imphal.
 
The soldiers belonged to the 6 Dogra Infantry Regiment. The convoy of four vehicles headed from Motul to Imphal was ambushed by the militants.
 
The militants had triggered a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at the remote area and attacked on the convoy with RPG launchers and automatic weapons.
 
The injured jawans have been airlifted by army chopper and taken to the base hospital for treatment.
 
On other hand, a top official of Manipur police said that, the militants of People's Liberation Army of Manipur (PLA) and United National Liberation Front (UNLF) are behind the attack.
 
Top police and army officials had rushed to the area and launched operation against the attackers.
 
Recently, nine jawans of Assam Rifles were killed in an ambush by the militants of NSCN-Khaplang, ULFA(I), NDFB(S) in Arunachal Pradesh along with Myanmar border.
 
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
 
#Manipur ambush # 21 Army men killed # 11 injured # 6 Dogra regiment # Manipur's Chandel district # Rockect Propelled Grenade attack

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