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Trooper killed, 10 injured in Manipur blast
Sunday September 09, 2012 08:35:52 PM,
IANS
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Imphal:
An Assam Rifles trooper was killed and 10 other personnel were
injured Sunday in a blast in Manipur's Bishenpur district, police
said.
This is the third blast in Manipur over the weekend targeting
security forces. Two separatist outfits - the United National
Liberation Front and People's Liberation Army (PLA) - have claimed
responsibility for the earlier bomb blasts.
D.K. Rao of the Assam Rifles died on the spot after the rebels
triggered the improvised explosive device (IED) blast at Kumbi
area, district police chief Radheshyam Singh told IANS.
Of the 10 troopers injured, three were critical and have been
admitted at Leimakhong army base hospital near Imphal, he added.
Preliminary investigation indicates that the rebels could have
triggered the IED by remote control from a distance.
No arrests had been made so far, but a manhunt is on to nab the
rebels, the police chief added.
On Saturday, two people, including a soldier, were injured in a
bomb blast triggered by the PLA, the military wing of the outlawed
Revolutionary People's Front (RPF), on Tiddim Road in the Manipur
capital.
RPF spokesman Taohangsu Heiremcha said PLA would continue to
launch more attacks on the security forces in the state.
The RPF is fighting over the past three decades for an independent
homeland for the majority Metei community in Manipur.
The PLA has planted bombs in strategic places to attack security
forces, Heiremcha warned.
There are more than 20 rebel outfits in Manipur with demands
ranging from secession to greater autonomy.
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