Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Manipur tops insurgency-related violence in 2007

Shillong, Jun 4 : Manipur tops the list of insurgency- related incidents and casualties in the past one year. The Union Home Ministry status paper on internal security situation spelt out 414 militancy-related incidents in the Northeastern region, where 131 civilians and 171 extremists were killed.

In the past one year, there were 153 militancy-related incidents in Manipur alone. Fifty-seven civilians lost their lives and 64 extremists were gunned down, revealed the status paper.Altogether, there were 153 incidents reported in which the security forces lost 39 men. In Nagaland, the number of insurgency-related incidents was reported as 67, in which 15 civilians and 10 extremists were killed.

The paper reveals that during the same period, there were 152 incidents in Assam, in which 55 civilians lost their lives and 35 extremists were killed. The security forces lost seven men in the process in Assam.

Tripura known for its volatile situation witnessed 31 reported incidents, where two civilians and three extremists were killed. As per the status paper, there is not a single casualty on the security force in the past one year in Tripura.

Violence in Meghalaya was negligible with only three reported incidents and only one civilian being killed.

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