Nagaland (Insurgency North East): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2007

In the district, a civilian, identified as Khisang, who is the advisor to the Tikhir Tribal Council, along with two of his accomplices were ambushed by unidentified militants at Horangkyu Project area on January 1, reports Morung Express. Read less...

An unidentified civilian was killed during a cross fire between Nagaland Police and unidentified militants at Shamator town in the Tuensang district on January 2, according to Nagaland Post. Read less...

A day earlier, a NSCN-K militant was killed during an attack on a NSCN-IM camp at Dimapur town in the Dimapur district, according to Reuters. Read less...

A National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) militant was killed and another severely injured during a factional clash with the rival National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K) cadres at Sanghou Village near Athibung in the Peren district on January 8, reports Morung Express. Read less...

Functionaries of the NSCN-IM’s propaganda wing said “operations” were under way in the Athibung area of Peren district to flush out NSCN-K and Manipur People’s Army (MPA) militants and protect Camp Hebron. Deputy minister in the NSCN-IM’s Ministry of Information and Publicity, Karaibo Chawang, said the rival militants would be flushed out within a short period. Read less...

On the other hand, the NSCN-K warned members of Naga Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) from meeting Isak Chishi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah at Camp Hebron. The outfit said it would declare ‘capital punishment’ to representatives of any NGO who meet these two leaders, who are now in their council headquarters for consultations with Naga leaders on the peace process. Read less...

One NSCN-IM cadre, identified as Moa Phom, was killed in a shootout on the same day, when a twenty-member group of the NSCN-K attacked a base of the outfit at Daklane area of Kohima in the evening. Read less...

Two cadres of the rival National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) factions were killed in two separate incidents at Dimapur and Kohima on January 9, reports Nagaland Post. The first incident was reported in Dimapur where one ‘section officer’ of the NSCN-Khaplang (NSCN-K), identified as Lichumthung Ezung, was abducted and subsequently killed by the cadres of the NSCN–Isak-Muviah (NSCN-IM). Read less...

A National Socialist Council of Nagaland -Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) militant, ‘captain’ Jasper, was shot dead by the rival National Socialist Council of Nagaland–Khaplang (NSCN-K) cadres at Nagarjan area in the Dimapur district on January 10-evening, according to Sangai Express. Eight empty cases along with one live cartridge were recovered from the incident site. Read less...

Two civilians, identified as Pangai Konyak and Phoba Konyak, were killed by the National Socialist Council of Nagaland - Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) militants near a bridge below Naga Hospital in the Kohima district on January 13, reports Morung Express. The NSCN-IM claims that the duo were in the rank of 'sergeant' and ‘private’ in the rival Khaplang faction, a charge refuted by the Konyak Union (the apex body of the Konyak Tribe) Read less...

A civilian, identified as Tongmang, was killed in a claymore mine explosion allegedly triggered by the United National Liberation Front (UNLF) militants at Athibung in the Peren district on January 14, reports Sangai Express. Read less...

The Naga National Council (NNC) militants accused NSCN-IM militants, for all the bloodshed in Nagaland since 1979. A statement issued by Thomas, of NNC, said that killings in Nagaland can be stopped only when NSCN-IM is sincere enough to desist from such heinous crimes and further asserted that the NSCN-IM is an anti-Christ, anti-Naga and anti-social militant group, according to Sangai Express. Read less...

The National Socialist Council of Nagaland - Khaplang (NSCN-K) militants asked the Industries & Commerce minister of Nagaland Khekiho Zhimomi to submit INR 9.5 millions to the outfit’s chaplee (Finance Ministry) before January 20, 2007. The outfit alleged that Khekiho Zhimomi had deducted five percent of the total INR 19 millions, an amount meant for beneficiaries under the transport subsidy scheme financed by North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NEDFI), according to Nagaland Post. Read less...

At least seven United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) militants, including two women, were arrested by the security force personnel during a search operation at an unspecified place in the Mon district on January 16, reports Northeast Tribune. According to Army sources, the arrested militants were suspected to be responsible for the recent killings of Hindi-speaking people in Assam. One radio set, dikta phone, mobile handsets, Air Cell Sim cards, radio transmitters and knives were recovered from their possession. Read less...

An encounter between cadres of the two rival militant groups, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland - Khaplang (NSCN-K) and National Socialist Council of Nagaland - Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM), was reported from Kohima on January 17, reports Nagaland Post. However, there was no casualty reported. During a subsequent search operation, Police arrested five NSCN-K militants between the Officer's Hill and Paramedical locality in the Kohima district. Read less...

In the ongoing search operation, Nagaland Police arrested 10 more National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K) militants, including ‘finance secretary’ Inaka Swu, at an unspecified place between Officers Hill colony and Paramedical colony in the Kohima district, reports Nagaland Post. One AK-56 assault rifle, one M-20 and .32 pistol was recovered from their possession. As reported earlier, five militants were arrested from the same area on January 17. Read less...

Almost 10,000-strong crowd of Phek Town marched to the office of the Deputy commissioner in protest against the presence of two rival Naga outfits, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland - Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) and the Naga National Council (NNC) militants in the district Headquarters, and demanded that the town be cleared of the militants, according to Morung Express. Reports added that Phek residents have been living in fear for the past nine days with the NSCN -IM and a combined force of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland - Khaplang (NSCN -K) and NNC preparing for a showdown. Read less...

The National Socialist Council of Nagaland- Khaplang (NSCN-K) militant, identified as Vikuto, was allegedly abducted and subsequently shot dead by the rival National Socialist Council of Nagaland - Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) militants near Camp Hebron in the Dimapur district on January 23, reports Nagaland Post. Read less...

The Western Sumi organization (apex body of the Sema tribe) on January 24 demanded the release of three National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN -K) militants reportedly abducted by the rival National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) on January 22 and held captive in the NSCN-IM ‘central headquarters’ at Hebron in the Dimapur district. Read less...

The National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) militants, following the pressure of the Western Sumi Organisation (the apex body of the Sema tribe) on January 25, released three cadres of the rival National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K), who were abducted, on January 22, and kept in confinement at NSCN-IM’s headquarters at Camp Hebron in the Dimapur district, according to Nagaland Post. Read less...

The National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K) militants, abducted rival National Socialist Council of Nagaland–Isak-Muivah (NSCM-IM) militant, identified as ‘regional security informer’ Hekato, from Medziphema in the Dimapur district on January 26. The abducted militant was later released after he was made to sign a bond, according to Nagaland Post. Read less...

The National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K) militants, on January 28, reiterated the ‘Quit Notice’ given to Tangkhuls and asked them to leave Nagaland before February 5, 2007. In a statement made available to the media by Seochem Sangtam, ‘Deputy Kilonser’ of the NSCN–K, said, “If anything happens to any Tangkhul be he/she, a government servant or a businessman or a student or terrorist, it will be taken as self-inflicted punishment and no Naga organization can be blamed.” Read less...

A factional clash between militants of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K) and rival National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) was reported from Saijang village near Jalukie in the Kohima district on January 30, according to Nagaland Post. Read less...

The Sumi Hoho (the apex body of the Sema tribe), on January 31, demanded the dismissal of ‘Maj Gen’. Markson, the ‘deputy commander in chief’ of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) militant, for his alleged role in the in the plot to assassinate former Sumi Hoho president Huska Yepthomi, according to Nagaland Post. Report added the Sumi civil societies on January 19, resolved to demand the dismissal of Markson from the NSCN-IM at the earliest. Read less...