UNLF claims
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 27 2013:
The proscribed UNLF has claimed that the IED attack against troops of AR Chinga post, A-Coy at North AOC yesterday morning was carried out by a small demolition team of MPA's urban warfare group.
Some AR personnel were hurt in the attack and one of them sustained critical injuries, said a press release issued by the outfit's publicity officer M Sak-Hen.
The demolition team could have caused much greater casualty to the AR team but it is a principle of MPA to avoid casualty to civilians as far as possible in any operation carried out in urban areas.
Guided by the same principle, all booby traps used in urban areas including yesterday's were not fitted with splinters.
A similar IED having no splinter was triggered behind Governor Road sometime back, it added.