Border Ambush Turns Deadly
Assam Rifles Soldier Killed and Four Injured in Arunachal Pradesh Ambush
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An Assam Rifles patrol came under suspected militant fire around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday near Nampong Nallah in Changlang district, Arunachal Pradesh, along the India-Myanmar border, in an area where border fencing is under way. Havildar Jankhokai Kuki, 42, was killed and four personnel were injured and evacuated for treatment; their condition was not immediately known. Preliminary reports pointed to the NSCN (K-YA), but authorities had not confirmed the attackers’ identity. Security forces intensified operations and vigilance in the area.
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The patrol team belonged to the 21 Assam Rifles.
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Changlang Superintendent of Police Kirli Padu said police had received information about the incident and directed the officer-in-charge of Changlang police station to collect further details.
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At the time the articles were published, an official statement from the Assam Rifles was still awaited.
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One report identified NSCN-K-YA as the Yung Aung faction, while another described it as a Naga insurgent group operating along the India-Myanmar border.
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