The separatist militants in the northeast of India said that the Indian Army carried out attacks with unmanned planes in the group’s camps in neighboring Myanmar on Sunday, killing three of its leaders.
Some separatist groups in the northeast of India have ethnic, linguistic and cultural ties with minorities on the border in Myanmar and maintain a presence there.
Three commanders of the United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) were killed and another 19 injured in a drone attack in Myanmar near the border, said the separatist group in a series of statements.
According to Indian Outlet Hindustan’s timesThe ULFA-I said that three of its members were killed in the attack that used more than 150 Israeli manufacturing drones.
In a statement, the ULFA-I said that the attack of the “Indian Occupational Forces” took place in several fields of the border with Myanmar near Longwa in Nagaland until Pangsai passes in Arunachal Pradesh between the 2 am between the 2 am
The outfit said that almost more than 150 drones used in the attack were manufactured in Israel and France. He said the attacks charged the life of Lieutenant General of the Nayan Medhi outfit (aka Nayan Asom) and injured others 19.
In a second release, the ULFA-I said that two more leaders, “Brigadier Ganesh Asom and Colonel Pradip Asom, were killed in a later missile attack.”
“While the last rites of Nayan Asom took place, missile attacks were carried out in which Ganesh Asom and Pradip Asom became martyrs and several officers, paintings and civilians suffered injuries,” said the statement on Sunday.
Ulfa-I’s statement added that the Operations of the Indian Army in the area through the border still continued until Sunday morning. The outfit promised to give an adequate response to the action in their camps.
Indian Daily The Hindu He informed that, according to the group, later strikes were carried out with missiles and hit a funeral for the commander killed in the drone attack.
Indian authorities have not yet confirmed strikes.
The camps belonging to another rebel group, the Popular Liberation Army (PLA), were also attacked, added ULFA-I.
The ULFA-I is one of several insurgent groups in India, and wants independence for the northeastern state of Assam, while the PLA defends the secession of the state of Manipur.
A faction of the ULFA left the weapons and signed a peace agreement with the Indian government in 2023. According to the Indian exit The Deccan HeraldThe group was divided, with those against conversations that form the ULFA-I faction.
Separatist attacks have been drastically reduced in recent years, but violence has killed thousands of people, mostly civilians, in the last three decades.
