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Six persons including a colonel of Indian Army, his wife and son, and three soldiers were killed in an ambush by Militants near the border with Myanmar in Manipur.
The attack – one of the deadliest in the region in recent times – took place at 10 am in Manipur’s Churachandpur district, NDTV repoerted
The deceased colonel was identified as Viplav Tripathy of the 46 Assam Rifles.
He had gone to a forward camp on Saturday and was returning when his convoy was ambushed, sources said.
Manipur-based group People’s Liberation Army, or PLA, is believed to be behind the attack, though no group has claimed responsibility yet, sources have said.
Intermittent firing is going on, police sources told NDTV.