NSCN-IM cadre shot dead

Kohima, Aug 26 (UNI) Factional killing in the NSCN groups continued in Nagaland as one NSCN-IM cadre was shot dead by rivals on Railway Bazaar road yesterday.

Official sources said there was an exchange of gunfight between the groups in which a self-styled 2nd lieutenant was shot twice on his head and back.

Police later recovered two empty cases of AK-47, two empty cases of 9mm pistol and one empty case of 7.65 weapon from the spot.

After the gunfire, the shop keepers down their shutters, fearing retaliations and the situation may go worse, but no civilian injured in the gunfight.

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