Thirteen civilians and one member of the Indian security forces were killed during a military operation in the village of Otting in Nagaland state in the northeast of the country after the villagers were mistaken for insurgents. This was reported on December 5 by the NDTV TV channel.
The incident reportedly took place in the area between the villages of Otting and Thiru, when several workers were returning home in a pickup truck from a coal mine on the evening of December 4. Acting on a tip, the security forces planned an ambush on the road between the villages, but mistook the villagers for insurgents.
When the villagers were killed, angry villagers surrounded the security forces. Police sources said intelligence officers had to shoot at the crowd in self-defense.
Service cars were also set on fire.
He expressed condolences to the families of the victims on his page in Twitter Indian Interior Minister Amit Shah.
“I grieve over the terrible incident in Otting Nagaland. I express my deepest condolences to the families of the victims. A high-level commission set up by the state government is investigating the incident thoroughly to ensure justice is done to the families of the victims, ”he wrote.
Earlier on November 8, it was reported that at least four Indian Central Reserve Police (CRPF) soldiers were killed and three were injured in gunfire at a military camp in the northern state of Uttarakhand. At the location of the 50th CRPF battalion in the Sukma area, one of the military opened fire from an AK-47 at his colleagues. The shooter was detained.
Source: IZ
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