NSCN(K) claims responsibility for Manipur attack; Army Chief to review situation

Imphal: Live updates from developments taking place in the wake of a deadly attack on the Indian Army’s 6 Dogra Regiment on Thursday in Manipur’s Chandel district:

• New agency ANI has tweeted some details of the 18 Armymen who were martyred in yesterday’s Manipur attack – six were from J&K, seven from Himachal Pradesh, two from UP, and one each from Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka.
• Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag has left for Imphal and will reach the Manipur capitay shortly.
• Hours after 18 soldiers of the Indian Army’s 6 Dogra Regiment were killed and 11 others injured in an ambush near Myanmar border in Manipur’s Chandel district, militant group Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang [NSCN(K)] has claimed responsibility for the attack.