Fresh gun-and-bomb attacks in Imphal East district: Manipur PoliceSecurity forces — Army, BSF and police — retaliated, resulting in a fierce exchange of fire at Sanasabi, Sabungkhok Khunou, and Thamnapokpi, officials said.
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Imphal: Suspected hill based militants launched intermittent gun and bomb attacks in parts of Lamlai assembly constituency in Imphal East district on Sunday, police said.
Security forces comprising of army, BSF and state forces retailiated leading to fierce exchange of fire at Sanasabi, Sabungkhok Khunou and Thamnapokpi, police said.
Tension prevailed in the outlying village as farmers could not tend to their paddy fields as militants from hill top position fired towards low lying fields of Sanasabi, they said.
Additional forces have been rushed to prevent the situation from escalating, police added.