On 4 June 2015,
United Liberation Front of Western South East Asia (UNLFW) separatists ambushed a military convoy in
Chandel district
Chandel district is one of the 16 districts of Manipur state in northeastern India. Its headquarters is the town of Chandel. In December 2016, a part of the district was split to establish the new Tengnoupal district. The district is mainly pop ...
of
Manipur
Manipur () is a state in northeastern India with Imphal as its capital. It borders the Indian states of Assam to the west, Mizoram to the south, and Nagaland to the north and shares the international border with Myanmar, specifically t ...
, India, resulting in the death of eighteen
Indian Army
The Indian Army (IA) (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the Land warfare, land-based branch and largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Commander-in-Chief, Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head ...
soldiers. Fifteen soldiers also suffered serious injury. The United Liberation Front, a separatist group operating in
North-East India
Northeast India, officially the North Eastern Region (NER), is the easternmost region of India representing both a geographic and political administrative division of the country. It comprises eight states—Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, M ...
, publicly claimed responsibility for the deadly attack.
In response to the UNLFW attack on Indian troops, Indian military successfully carried out a
cross-border operation into Myanmar. Indian officials confirmed that the cross border operation resulted in the death of 15-20 separatists belonging to
NSCN-K who were believed to be responsible for the attack on Indian armed forces in Manipur.
However the Myanmar government rejected Indian claims and stated that the Indian military operation against separatists took place entirely on the Indian side of the border and Indian troops did not cross Myanmar's border.
According to the NSCN-K, Indian troops attacked 2 camps belonging to the NSCN-K and NSCN-IM. The Indian government has claimed that more than 120 militants were killed, which has been denied by the NSCN-K.
References
Insurgency in Northeast India
2015 in India
2010s in Manipur
Terrorist incidents in India in 2015
Ambushes in India
Chandel district
June 2015 in India
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