2015 Manipur ambush

UNLFW guerrillas ambushed a military convoy in Chandel district on 4 June 2015, killing 18 soldiers and wounding 15 others. UNLFW claimed responsibility for the ambush.[1]On 9 June 2015, on specific and precise intelligence from IB, MI and R&AW. Commandos of 21st para SF battalion of Indian army along with Indian air force carry out cross border operation into Myanmar resulted in death of 158 militants including those who attacked an army convoy in June 4. Elite commandos of the army went a few kilometers inside the Myanmar territory to destroy two camps of insurgents hiding there after their attacks in Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh on June 4 by NSCN(K) and KYKL outfits.[2][3][4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Ensuring Peace in the Northeast".
  2. ↑ "Army Conducts Ops Near Myanmar Border, Sources Say Militants Behind Manipur Ambush Killed". 9 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "21st Parachute (Special Forces) and IAF's MI-17 Participated in Myanmar Operations".
  4. ↑ "Manipur massacre: Indian Army hits back, kills 20 insurgents in Myanmar". Firstpost.
  5. ↑ "Bold operation by Indian Army: Many militants involved in Manipur ambush neutralised in Myanmar". The Economic Times.
  6. ↑ "Manipur attack: Indian Army hunts down insurgents along Myanmar border". Zee News.

See also

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