Manipur ambush: Post-mortem of soldiers likely to be completed by evening
June 05, 2015  16:21
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Chief of Army Staff General Dalbir Singh has arrived in Imphal to review the situation on the ground a day after militants ambushed and killed 18 soldiers and injured 11 others who were part of an army convoy that was passing through Manipur's Chandel District.


Though the army and the state civil administration are tightlipped about giving out information on the tragic incident and its aftermath, as per informed sources, who were speaking on condition of anonymity, the post-mortem of seven of the 18 soldiers has been completed. The post-mortem of the remaining 11 will be completed by this evening.


As per the information received so far, senior Indian Army officers will take part in a formal wreath-laying ceremony early on Saturday at the Imphal International Airport.


The media and the general public is also not being allowed access to the ambush site or to the institutions where the injured are being treated and where the coffins of the dead soldiers have been kept for their onward journey to their respective hometowns.


Meanwhile, the Naga insurgent outfit Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland-A (NSCN) along with Manipuri outfit Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) and Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) has claimed responsibility for the attack on an Indian Army convoy in which at least 18 soldiers were killed in Manipur on Thursday.


The attack on the 6 Dogra Infantry Regiment took place as it was was being de-inducted from the area.


According to sources, the attackers came from Myanmar and more than one insurgent group could be involved.
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