15 security personnel killed in ambush in Manipur

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 22:21 [IST]

Imphal, Feb 24 (UNI) Fourteen Indian Reserve Battalion personnel and a policeman were killed and eight others injured in an ambush by suspected militants at Zouzangte village here today.

Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh, who met the injured at the JN hospital, also visited the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) where the bodies of the jawans were kept.

The Chief Minister said it was an act of ''cowardice'' and condemned the attack. Other Cabinet ministers, DGP, Manipur, AK Parashar and other senior police and civil officials also visited RIMS and JN hospital.

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