NSCN(K) claims responsibility for attack on Assam Rifles
The NSCN(K), a banned Naga militant outfit, has claimed responsibility for yesterday's ambush with an Assam Rifles patrol party in Nagaland.
In a statement today, the outfit claimed that six security personnel were killed on the spot and an equal number injured in the attack.
An
Assam
Rifles
official
had
said
yesterday
that
two
Assam
Rifles
personnel
were
killed
and
four
others
suffered
injuries
in
the
ambush
by
the
Naga
insurgents
near
Aboi
in
Mon
district.
The
Assam
Rifles
personnel
who
died
on
the
spot
were
identified
as
Havildar
Fateh
Singh
Negi
and
Sepoy
Hungnga
Konyak,
the
official
had
said.
PRO to Assam Rifles' Inspector General Major Vincent Patton reiterated today that two Assam Rifles personnel were killed while four of them were critically injured and undergoing treatment at the Army hospital in Jorhat.
The NSCN(K) had abrogated a 14-year-old ceasefire with the Centre in 2015.