\nPolice said suspected NSCN (K) and GPRN\/NSCN cadres exchanged gun-fire.<\/p>\n
Close on the heels of the September 4 factional incident, another factional related clash occurred near Naga Hospital Kohima junction Thursday afternoon and two persons apprehended with three weapons.
\nPolice said suspected NSCN (K) and GPRN\/NSCN cadres exchanged gun-fire.<\/p>\n
As a response, a joint combing operation was carried about Nagaland police and Assam Rifles leading to the arrest of the two persons along with three arms.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, SP Kohima in a press release,said security personnel had to fire several rounds, in order to disperse underground cadres from the locality. <\/p>\n
SP regretted the inconveniences caused to the public during the combing operation. He however said, security forces would continue to carry out such operations and appealed the public to extend cooperation. <\/p>\n
In another statement, Assam Rifles said one \u2018lt.\u2019 S. Kiba was arrested along with two 7.62 pistols and 17 live rounds, involved in the clash near Naga hospital.<\/p>\n
NSCN (K) questions GPRN\/NSCN<\/span> In a statement, NSCN (K) MIP said Thursday\u2019s \u201cattack\u201d was nothing but an act of \u201csheer cowardice\u201d which endangered civilian lives and asked what kind of \u201creconciliation\u201d GPRN\/NSCN want. <\/p>\n Asking \u201cKhole\u201d whether it was acceptable to let his \u201cboys\u201d attack NSCN (K) cadres while the former sought reconciliation, NSCN (K) also questioned the role law enforcing agencies for allowing \u201cKhole boys\u201d to carry \u201carms and freely attack\u201d NSCN (K) cadres with AKs in the broad daylight witnessed by some few hundred people in the heart of state capital city.<\/p>\n MIP said Thursday\u2019s attack on NSCN (K) functionary near Naga Hospital junction was nothing but a desperate move to disturb and vitiate the peaceful atmosphere which the people did not want at this juncture. <\/p>\n MIP informed that \u201cKhole boys\u201d led by \u2018lt.\u2019 Atoka who recently defected to GPRN\/NSCN fired with automatic weapons (AKs) without considering the presence of civilian lives. <\/p>\n Terming the attack as highly questionable, NSCN (K) sought to know from NGOs and civil societies what action were they going to take as the NSCN cadres were restrained to retaliate so as to avoid civilian casualties. <\/p>\n NSCN (K) has once again reiterated that its cadres were capable of facing any eventuality, any given time but being a \u201cpeoples\u2019 government\u201d, the group was restrained respecting the appeals of the people for maintaining peace and tranquility. <\/p>\n NSCN (K) however warned that it would give a befitting response to the \u201cunprovoked attempts and firings\u201d at its cadres and officials. The group has requested the public to bear with NSCN (K) till these \u201ccriminals\u201d were chased out from Kohima town.<\/p>\n NSF condemns<\/span> In a statement, NSF president T. Ozukum and general secretary Esther Rhakho expressed dismay with NSCN (K) Kohima urban command for \u201ctrying to infuse hatred and misunderstanding\u201d between NSF and GPRN\/NSCN by citing the reason for killing James Mao as related to assassination attempt on NSF assistant general secretary.<\/p>\n NSF said one reason for the failure of Nagas to come together as one has been the way in which people try to justify a crime \u201cwith all the concocted reasons\u201d or shift the blame to others. <\/p>\n Stating that it had always been on the forefront to bring Naga political groups under one roof, NSF said dragging them into the recent factional killing incident was unacceptable. <\/p>\n NSF urged underground groups to desist from targeting each other, adding killings would \u201cnot contribute anything to the vexed Naga political cause\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Close on the heels of the September 4 factional incident, another factional related clash occurred near Naga Hospital Kohima junction Thursday afternoon and two persons apprehended with three weapons. Police said suspected NSCN (K) and GPRN\/NSCN cadres exchanged gun-fire. As a response, a joint combing operation was carried about Nagaland police and Assam Rifles leading […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[679],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-nagaland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nReacting to the exchange of fire between the two rival factions in Kohima Thursday, NSCN (K) has questioned GPRN\/NSCN\u2019s position on the reconciliation process stating that while they publicly expressed commitment to reconcile with other Naga groups, they were also continuously \u201cattacking\u201d NSCN (K) cadres in the heart of Kohima town.<\/p>\n
\nNaga Students\u2019 Federation (NSF) has condemned the factional clash near Naga Hospital Kohima and Wednesday\u2019s incident where one GPRN\/NSCN cadre– James Mao was killed. <\/p>\n