MILITANTS AMBUSH MANIPUR POLICE COMMANDOS WITH RPG IN MOREH

Militants attacked Manipur Police commandos inside their barracks in the border town of Moreh on Saturday night, during which they also fired rocket-propelled grenades (RPG), officials aware of the matter said. The barracks were damaged and four commandos sustained minor injuries.

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The attack on the commandos was reported from Moreh, hours after another unit of the Manipur Police commandos travelling on the Imphal-Moreh highway was attacked during the day. One commando sustained splinter injuries when the convoy came under heavy fire around 3.45pm on Saturday.

"The situation was under control after the afternoon incident. But around midnight, militants fired the RPG and heavy gunfire to attack the commandos sleeping inside the barrack at around midnight. Four of them sustained minor injuries. One of them may have sustained damages to his ear because of the blast of the explosives," an official aware of the matter said.

The four commandos were rushed to the nearby hospital of the Assam Rifles.