Assam Times: 3 Naga militants killed in Lakhimpur encounter

3 Naga militants killed in Lakhimpur encounter
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Editor on 20 July, 2009
 
Three suspected NSCN rebels were killed in an encounter with a joint force of
the Army and police in Lakhimpur district of Assam on Monday. The incident took
place in the morning at Harmoti area border Arunachal Pradesh.  According to
information, acting on a tip off a joint team of polic and army launched an
operation in the area and thus the encounter came up. Arms were also recovered
from them after the encounter in midnight.   The insurgents exchanged fire with
the security forces at Harmoti before they were killed on the spot.  Three 9-mm
pistols - two US-made and a Chinese one - three magazines, eight live rounds of
ammunition and two mobile sets were recovered from the slain ultras. The bodies
have yet to be identified.