Naga terrorists killed in army ops along India-Myanmar border

September 27, 2017 15:07

The Indian Army today inflicted "heavy casualties" on NSCN(K) (Naga terrorists) in a pre-dawn counter operation along the Myanmar, the Eastern Command said today. "Indian security forces" suffered no casualties, it said.

"Heavy casualties reportedly inflicted on NSCN(K) cadre. No casualties suffered by Indian Security Forces," the Eastern Command said in a tweet.

Two years ago, the army attacked separatist rebels just over the border with Myanmar in a rare cross-border strike that the government said showed its resolve to fight terrorism beyond the country's borders. The raid was carried out in retaliation for the killing of 20 soldiers in an ambush in Manipur.

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