Bomb attack at Wangkhei Ningthem Pukhri
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 26 2012:
Unidentified persons planted and set off a bomb at a private residence at Wangkhei Ningthem Pukhri Mapal under Porompat police station at about 00.55 am today.
The bomb exploded at the residential gate of one contractor named Khundongbam Surjit (48) .
The impact of the explosion was so powerful that it broke open the locked steel gate of Surjit and also shattered window panes of the surrounding houses.
It also left a crater about one foot in diameter.
However, there was no report of any human casualty.
The explosive might be an IED of mild intensity but it was not hand grenade, said the source.
Meanwhile, local people staged a protest demonstration at Wangkhei Ningthem Pukhri Mapal against the act of planting and triggering bomb at civilian populated areas.
Surjit said that there was no case of monetary demand or threat from any UG group.