Kuki militants attack sand miners
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 07 2024:
Kuki militants once again attacked sand miners, this time at Sekmai Pangaltabi today.
Kuki militants first fired two bombs from the direction of Phailen and Luwangsangol villages of Kangpokpi district towards sand miners who were working at Sekmai Pangaltabi, Imphal West at around 12.30 pm .
This was followed by some rounds of bullets.
The sudden attack frightened the sand miners who were working at the riverbed and they immediately ran to safety.
On learning about the attack, teams of MR, IRB and police rushed to the site and took up security measures.
However the Kuki militants fired another bomb from the direction of Phailen and Luwangsangol toward Sekmai Nongthonband at around 1.30 pm .
As the security forces retaliated this time, there was an exchange of fire between the two sides for some minutes.
There was another round of gun battle between village volunteers and Kuki militants when the latter opened fire towards Sekmai at around 7 pm from Phailen and Luwangsangol.
The gun battle lasted for around 20 minutes but there was no report of any casualty.