13 civilians killed in Nagaland as security operation goes awry
New Delhi: Security forces opened fire on civilians killing 13 and injuring 11 more in Nagaland’s Mon district in two consecutive incidents of firing the first of which was possibly a case of mistaken identity, police said on Sunday. One soldier also died in rioting which followed.
The first firing which killed six civilians, occurred when Army personnel mistook coal mine workers returning home in a pick-up van singing songs on Saturday evening, to be insurgents belonging to the Yung Aung faction of proscribed outfit NSCN (K), about whose movements they had been tipped off.
