Grenade event in Nagaland, Mon District area, India on Thu 12th August 2021

One 75-year-old man injured on August 12, when troopers of the Assam Rifles and villagers of Chenloisho village of Mon District in Nagaland were ambushed by militants of the Yung Aung faction of National Socialist Council of Nagaland- Khaplang (NSCN-K-YA), reports Northeast Now. The Assam Rifles troopers and the villagers were allegedly ambushed by the NSCN-K-YA militants while they were returning after clearing landslide debris from Chenloisho-Hydro project. According to the statement given by Army’s 3rd Corps, “in a recent incident at Chenloisho, the true face of NSCN-K-YA has emerged wherein they have been indulging in nefarious activities against the local people of Nagaland. In evening, when the villagers and the Assam rifles personnel were returning back together to their locations, three hand grenades were lobbed at them from a height above the dense foliage. Unfortunately, the grenades landed in front of civilians, out of which two didn’t explode however one grenade exploded causing shrapnel injuries to a 75 yrs old local Keipa of Kangynu village.