IED event in Manipur, Wangkhei Yonglan Leirak in Imphal East District area, India on Thu 26th January 2023

On January 26, a blast occurred in Wangkhei Yonglan Leirak (Lane) in Imphal East District, reports The Sangai Express on January 27. A boy sustained injuries in the blast.ت The People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) in a press release issued by the outfitصs شdepartment of publicity and propagandaص, شpublicity officerص Mangal Khuman claimed responsibility for the blast. It also claimed responsibility for the January 25 blast at Gandhi statue platform, Ukhrul town in Ukhrul District in Manipur, reported by SATP earlier, in which three persons were injured. The press release also claimed that the outfit had planted bombs at Kyamgei Pal Ahanbi in Imphal East District (along Imphal-Moreh highway), Keirao Langdum Lamkhai in Imphal East District and Heingang Khong in Imphal East District (along Pangei-Saikul road) but the bombs failed to go off. These operations were carried out by the Red Armyصs Special Task Force A, B and C of PREPAK as part of the boycott of India's Republic Day celebration (January 26) in Manipur.