Three Soldiers Killed in Assam IED Blast

19 November 2016: Three soldiers were killed and one were injured in an IED blast at Digboi in Tinsulia district of Assam.

The incident took place at around 5.30 a.m., in the Pengeri area, Defence public relations officer Lt. Col. Suneet Newton said.

“They
(the militants) had planted an improvised explosive device (IED) on the
road. When the IED exploded, the convoy stopped. Then the militants
fired indiscriminately,” Newton said, adding that although the forces
retaliated, four soldiers were injured of which one succumbed in the
hospital.

Locals said that the militants had fired upon the vehicle from both side of the road, which are forested areas.

On Wednesday, militants attacked a van of the Pengeri tea estate killing one person and injuring two others.