DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 17 (MExN): The NSCN/GPRN (Yung Aung) has claimed responsibility for the attack on a pre-dawn attack on the 4 Assam rifles Check post at Hahman village, near Manmao, Changlang in Arunachal Pradesh on 16 October.
A press release from the MIP of the NSCN/GPRN (Yung Aung) said that for the last few months “India has seized every opportunity to provoke, incite, kill and destroy the NSCN/GPRN to cause irreparable harm to the Naga National movement.” It said that the NSCN/GPRN “remains steadfast” to “defend our land and people,” and warned of more strikes until the “complete withdrawal” of Indian military “from our land.”
While the NSCN/GPRN (Yung Aung) claimed that Indian forces sealed the area “to hide their losses,” there was no official report of the incident given to the media. It further stated that at 12:30 am on October 17, the ULFA-I attacked the 19 Grenadier at Kakopathar, Tinsukia district, Assam. According to a PTI report, 3 security personnel were injured in the attack on October 17 in Assam.
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