Kohima, November 01: Six hardcore cadres of the NSCN were killed and four others including an army personnel and a civilian were injured in four separate incidents during the last 24 hours in Nagaland.

Official sources confirming the report revealed that two cadres were killed and three injured last night while four others were killed today.

In the latest incident, four NSCN-K cadres were reportedly killed at the spot in an ambush launched by rival cadres at Old Hospital Colony in between Khuthur village and Tuensang town under Tuensang district of Nagaland.

Sources said that NSCN-IM cadres attacked NSCN-K cadres at around 4.30 pm today.

Casualties on the other side, if any, could not be known immediately and further details were awaited till the time of filing this report.

In the second incident, an NSCN-IM cadre was injured at High School junction area, Kohima at around 6.30 pm today.

Police sources said that the victim after suffering bullet injury on his left thigh had managed to crawl to at least 500 ft from the spot.

Police on receiving the information rushed to the spot and managed to shift the victim to hospital for treatment.

However, the actual cause of the incident is yet to be ascertained, sources said.

Further, heavy exchange of gunfire took place between the rival factions of NSCN at Aradhura area near Mental Hospital Kohima.

The clash began at around 7.30 PM and lasted for half an hour but casualties on either side could not be known immediately.

South Police Station personnel have rushed to the spot but details could not be known till the time of filing this report.

Meanwhile, earlier on Wednesday the first incident occured in the State capital, wherein suspected armed cadres of NSCN-IM attacked rival cadres at BOC area at around 12.30 pm.

Sources said that around eleven rounds were fired upon two NSCN-K cadres.

One managed to escape while another was grievously injured.

The cadre identified as one 'ss sergeant' Chandemo Humtsoe was shot three times on the neck and chest.

He was rushed to a nearby private nursing home by the police but succumbed to his injuries at around 11 the same night.

The second incident occurred at United Naga village in Dimapur district, wherein the NSCN-IM Tatar (Member of Parliament) identified as Akato Sema was seriously injured while his bodyguard Imkong-temsu was killed at the spot by army personnel at the Assam-Nagaland border.

The incident took place at around 4.40 pm after the army personnel stationed at Diphu in Karbi Anglong district of Assam, chased the vehicle carrying the ultras from Assam to Nagaland, suspecting them to be arms smugglers.

As the vehicle entered Nagaland, the army personnel shot at it, killing a cadre and injuring the Tatar of NSCN-IM, who was later shifted to hospital for treatment.

The condition of the NSCN-IM tatar is said to stable and out of danger after the doctors managed to remove the bullets from his thigh and arm.

Sources in security force confirmed that it was an operation from Assam and also informed that a jawan of the 5th Bihar Regiment and an army informer were injured in the shooting incident and they were shifted to Rangapahar Army Hospital.

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