Imphal, January 9, 2007: Claiming that the MPA cadres of the UNLF have been inflicting a heavy damage on the security force since yesterday, the outfit claimed that a fighting group of the MPA attacked the security force at a spot between Gamphajol and Thingphai village on the Moreh-Somtal road in Chandel district today at about 4.20 am.
At least eight security personnel were killed in the attack, claimed the outfit in a statement issued by the senior publicity officer of the department of publicity, UNLF.
The panic stricken security personnel are holed up inside their camp, while the MPA cadres have taken strategic positions to strike out any time.
The statement recalled that another attack was launched on the Assam Rifles troops by MPA cadres yesterday at Aibol Lamkhai near Hengshi in Chandel district in which two personnel were killed while scores of others were injured.
Source: The Sangai Express