2015 Manipur ambush

2015 Manipur ambush
Date4-9 June 2015
LocationChandel district, Manipur
Result Victory of the UNLFW
Belligerents
 India
 Myanmar		 UNLFW
Units involved
Indian Army 21 Para (Special Forces)
Burmese North Western Command
Burmese Western Command		 NSCN-K
KYKL
Casualties and losses
 India:
18 killed
15 wounded
 Myanmar:
Unknown		 158

UNLFW guerrillas ambushed a military convoy in Chandel district on 4 June 2015, killing 18 soldiers and wounding 15 others. UNLFW claimed responsibility for the ambush.[1] On 9 June 2015, on specific and precise intelligence from IB, MI and R&AW. Commandos of 21st para SF battalion of Indian army along with Indian air force carry out cross border operation into Myanmar resulted in death of 158 militants including those who attacked an army convoy in June 4. Elite commandos of the army went a few kilometers inside the Myanmar territory to destroy two camps of insurgents hiding there after their attacks in Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh on June 4 by NSCN(K) and KYKL outfits.[2][3][4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Ensuring Peace in the Northeast".
  2. ↑ "Army Conducts Ops Near Myanmar Border, Sources Say Militants Behind Manipur Ambush Killed". 9 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "21st Parachute (Special Forces) and IAF’s MI-17 Participated in Myanmar Operations".
  4. ↑ "Manipur massacre: Indian Army hits back, kills 20 insurgents in Myanmar". Firstpost.
  5. ↑ "Bold operation by Indian Army: Many militants involved in Manipur ambush neutralised in Myanmar". The Economic Times.
  6. ↑ "Manipur attack: Indian Army hunts down insurgents along Myanmar border". Zee News.

See also

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