Dimapur, May 06: Both NSCN-IM and the NSCN-Unification are currently engaged in a war of words over the current situation.

The NSCN (I-M) blames the NSCN-Unification for deterioration of the situation and questions the move for unification by the rival outfit.

According to NSCN (I-M), the NSCN Unification is nothing less than a "rogue", "illegal" and "unruly" organization".

On the other hand, the NSCN-Unification in a statement charged the "Hebron campers in NSCN (I-M) set-up of coming in the way of Naga unification supported and endorsed by various NGOs, tribal hohos and village chiefs".

The NSCN-Unification said it was an irony that NSCN (I-M) killed three "innocent" Konyak youths in "cold-blood" in Kohima on the day its chairman Isak Chishi Swu had made a proclamation for peace and reconciliation on January 13 last year.

The NSCN-Unification alleged NSCN (I-M)'s "open door policy of ultimatums to surrender and seek forgiveness" had all along been the stumbling block towards unification of the Nagas.

Mention may be made that the NSCN (I-M) had viewed the latest attacks on some of its cadres belonging to Tangkhul community as "ethnic cleansing" by the rival NSCN Unification.

Two Tangkhuls were among four killed on Sunday and Monday.

Both were purportedly civilians.

Two others, both Tangkhuls and cadres of NSCN (I-M), were also grievously injured.

The NSCN (I-M) in a statement issued by its MIP said the attacks were the "beginning of an ethnic cleansing by the Unification Gang".

"The Unification Gang took the decision to go against the Tangkhuls on May 4 under the command of V.Tuccu, Akato Chophy and Keyakhu," the NSCN-IM statement said.

Meanwhile, there is virtually no sense of security in the minds of people in Dimapur despite heightened security.

The Nagaland Government has not taken any tough stand so far to stop the killings.

The killings continue despite appeals by the civil societies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the Church to the factions to shun the path of violence.