Troops fired without any attempt to identify victims: Nagaland police
The Hindu
They also fired indiscriminately as they fled toward Assam , says report by DGP, Commissioner
Nagaland’s DGP T. John Longkumer and Commissioner Rovilatuo Mor have said in their ground report that the troops of an elite force “fired on the coal miners at random, apparently without any attempt for identification”.
The duo, camping in Mon town, outlined the Saturday shooting near Oting village in the Mon district and the subsequent clashes leaving at least 15 civilians and a soldier dead.
Their report said six of the eight coal miners returning home in a pickup truck were “ambushed and killed by the security forces [reportedly, 21 Para Special Force based in Assam] at random”.
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