IED

IED event in Tirap district, India on Fri 3rd April 2015

3rd April 2015

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Security forces on Friday seized two unexploded IEDs from the site of an ambush in which three army personnel were killed and four others injured in firing by suspected NSCN rebels on an Army convoy in the Tirap district. Personnel of the 1st Assam Rifles seized the explosives during a combing operation, District Information and Public Relation Officer (DIPRO) D. Bosai said in a statement. The bodies of the killed jawans, Havildars Sanjeev Kumar, Parmal Singh and Charan Singh, wrapped in the Tricolour, have been flown to their respective home towns for the last rites with full military honour. Tirap DC Kamlesh Joshi, SP Ajit Kumar Singla along with civil officials of the district, paid their last respects to the Army personnel killed in the ambush near Tupi tea garden in Old Tupi village on Khonsa-Longding Road yesterday morning. State Governor Lt.-Gen (Retd) Nirbhay Sharma strongly condemned the attack and offered condolences to the bereaved families. - PTI

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