Nagaland: One dead in inter-factional clash

Kohima, Oct 09: An NSCN-IM cadre was killed, while another injured, in an inter-factional clash at Bethany and Jerocho Colonies of Phek town yesterday.

Official source said here today that combined forces of NSCN (K) and 'Federal Government of Nagaland' (FGN) activists attacked a temporary hide-out of NSCN-IM, which resulted in a fierce gunbattle in the Phek town, killing one and injuring another.

After a four-hour battle, the attackers chased away the NSCN-IM cadres. The injured was shifted to a hospital by police.

UNI