IMPHAL, November 26: The proscribed outfit United National Liberation Front has claimed that the IED blast at Keishampat on November 25 evening was carried out by a small demolition squad of the MPA’s urban guerrilla war-fare team.
The outfit has released a press statement claiming that the act was carried out targeting the Assam Rifles for its acts of extra judicial killing of the general public in the name of fighting the revolutionary movement and as part of the outfit’s freedom movement.
The statement further claimed that the blast could have been powerful enough to kill more than three AR personnel, the intensity of the blast was minimised considering the possibilities of collateral damages.
Several hardships were faced while trying to minimise collateral damages while carrying out the blast due to the presence of civilians in the proximity of the security forces, it said.
The UNLF/MPA always consider the safety of the general public and their properties while attacking the security forces, the statement said while appealing to the general public to distance themselves from the security forces, the UNLF statement said.