Itanagar: Although the North-East has been riddled with militancy with various groups seeking separate homelands, Arunachal Pradesh has been peaceful. However, Tirap and Changlang - bordering Myanmar - has seen militants groups trying to control stretches of territory to access camps in Myanmar.
NSCN (K) which is fighting for a separate homeland for Nagas and which is also present in this area recently abrogated the creasefire agreement with India and has decided to pick up gun again.
Three soldiers were killed and four others were injured in an ambush in Tirap district in southern Arunachal Pradesh, near the Indo-Myanmar border. The attack took place at around 8:30 am this morning near Old Tupi Village, which is about 530 km from capital Itanagar.
The soldiers in the four-vehicle convoy were going towards Longding when the attack took place.
The soldiers had moved from Lekhapani in Assam and were headed to Longding after staying overnight at a transit camp in Konsa.
NSCN (K) which is fighting for a separate homeland for Nagas and which is also present in this area recently abrogated the creasefire agreement with India and has decided to pick up gun again.
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