3 Assam rifles personnel killed, 4 injured in ambush along India-Myanmar border

Three personnel of the Assam Rifles were killed and four others injured in an ambush by militants near India-Myanmar border at Chandel area in Manipur, reports said.

According to sources, militants from the People’s Liberation Army carried out an IED blast when the 4 Assam Rifles unit was on a patrol in Chandel district. The militants also fired at them after the explosion.

Reinforcements have been rushed to the area which is 100 km from Imphal.