Ethnic tension escalates in Manipur, 6 houses torched
The assault took place in Zairon Hmar village, where a group of armed assailants launched an arson attack, according to a senior police official.
One Assam Rifles trooper was killed and three others were injured in a militant attack on Friday in Manipur's Ukhrul district.
According to informed sources, the attack took place at 4 a.m. in Shangshad area.
No weapons were, however, snatched in the attack, they said.
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Reinforcements were rushed for combing operations. But sources fear that the militants have already escaped to their camps across the border.
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