Manipur Rebel Groups and Myanmar-based – Kuki National Army (Burma) exchanged heavy firing along the Indo-Myanmar border areas

Manipur: Cadres of an Indian separatist group operating in Manipur and Myanmar-based separatists – Kuki National Army (Burma)  exchanged fierce gunfire along the Indo-Myanmar border in the Manipur sector on Monday.

At least 4 insurgents KNA (B) based in Myanmar lost their lives in the fierce gunfire that took place in an area of Yaingoupk/Wangli village Border Pillar number 87 in Manipur’s Kamjong district. At least an activist of the Manipur valley-based insurgent outfit also sustained injuries in the encounter that started at around 2;15 am on Monday.

A temporary camp belonging to the KNA (B) was also destroyed in the encounter that continued till 6 am, the report said. Six sophisticated weapons were retrieved by the Manipur-based rebels from the killed Myanmar-based insurgents, the report said.