IED blast near Assam Rifles vehicle in Nagaland’s Sukhovi kills 1, injures 4
This comes a week after two Assam Rifles personnel were killed in an ambush in Manipur.
One soldier has died while four others are injured. (File Photo/ Representational) A week after two Assam Rifles personnel were killed in an ambush in Manipur, one personnel has been killed and four others injured in a suspected IED blast in Nagaland’s Sukhovi.
The deceased personnel has been identified as Havaldar Mohd Iqbal from the 28 Assam Rifles. The Assam Rifles Training Centre and School is located in the area.
According to an Assam Rifles official, the party of personnel was moving from a part of the training centre in nearby Dimapur to another in Sukhovi in Chumoukedima district when the incident took place on Monday afternoon.
“There are not many operations in that area because it has been peaceful for a very long time. The institute is basically in three parts, so the party was making a routine movement from one part to another,” the official said.
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