IMPHAL: In two separate attacks by rebels on Sunday, one Manipur Rifles (MR) personnel was killed and 10 others, including three government engineers, were injured near Moreh, while seven people, including two CRPF jawans, sustained splinter injuries at Sekmai in Imphal West.
A team of Manipur Public Works Department (PWD) engineers escorted by 8MR personnel was going from Moreh to Imphal in separate vehicles when they were attacked by militants near Kwatha Lamkhai along National Highway 2 about 15km from the border town around 8:30am.
The rebels exploded three IEDs before raining bullets at the team, killing an MR personnel and injuring 10, including three engineers, two others and five MR personnel, police sources said. Police said that there was an exchange of fire.
Rifleman Sachin (30) died on the spot, sources said, adding that the injured, including superintending engineer Manglemjao, were rushed to a Moreh hospital before they were referred to the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) and Shija Hospital in Imphal.
Minutes after the incident, additional forces, including Assam Rifles soldiers and police commandos stationed at Moreh, rushed to the spot and carried out a combing operation, though no one was pulled up.
The engineers were on a trip to Kwatha area in Chandel district along the Indo-Myanmar border for road construction work.
Meanwhile, a CRPF convoy came under an IED attack near Sekmai Bazaar about 16km from Imphal around 11:00am. Seven people, including two jawans and five civilians, received minor splinter injuries.
Police said the paramilitary force's convoy was heading for Dimapur from Imphal when the IED, fitted on a stationary truck, exploded. The injured were given first aid at a nearby government health centre.
Underground groups that are fighting to restore Manipur's past sovereignty have been launching bomb attacks on security forces frequently in various parts of the state including Imphal since September last year.
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