Kadangband comes under fresh attack
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 26 2023:
There is no let up in aggression from Kuki militants as a fresh attack terrorised locals of Kadangband Makha Leikai yesterday night forcing the locals to flee their village.
With the militants launching the attack with sophisticated arms from Kangchup hill range, the village volunteers and security personnel being deployed at the village retaliated by firing back some rounds of bullet.
A source at the ground said that the attack occurred yesterday night at around 10.30 after Kuki militants came down from Kangchup hill range holding sophisticated weapons.
The militants came close enough to a school of the foothill village-Smartstalk School before firing indiscriminately towards Kadangband Part 1 bordering Imphal West and Kangpokpi districts, the source said.
Village volunteers who have been guarding their village since the beginning of the unrest retaliated by firing some rounds of bullets using their license gun, it said.
Personnel of 7th Bn Manipur Rifles posted in the area also retaliated by firing towards the militants.
There is no report of any casualty during the gunfight which lasted for around 30 minutes, it said.
Notably, a team of Border Security Force personnel are also deployed around one kilometer away from the incident site.
The source further stated that the situation is still tense in the area and the local village volunteers and security personnel being stationed in the area have taken extra precautionary measures to prevent any kind attack from the side of Kuki militants.