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be active in the region. In 2004, the ULFA targeted a public school in Assam,
killing 19 children and 5 adults.

Assam remains the only state in the northeast where terrorism is still a

major issue. The Indian military was successful in dismantling terrorist
outfits in other areas but has been criticised by human rights groups for
allegedly using harsh methods when dealing with terrorists.

On 18 September 2005, a soldier was killed in Jiribam, Manipur, near the

Manipur-Assam border, by members of the ULFA. On 14 March 2011,
militants of the Ranjan Daimary-led faction ambushed patrolling troops of
the BSF when on the way from Bangladoba in Chirang district of Assam to

Ultapani in Kokrajhar, killing 8 jawans.

Tripura

Tripura witnessed a surge in terrorist activities in the 1990s. New Delhi
blamed Bangladesh for providing a safe haven to the insurgents operating
from its territory. The area under control of the Tripura Tribal Areas

Autonomous District Council was increased after a tripartite agreement
between New Delhi, the state government of Tripura and the Council. The
government has since brought the movement under control, and the

government of Tripura has so far succeeded in limiting the terrorist activities.

Manipur

In Manipur, militants formed an organisation known as the People’s

Liberation Army. Their main goal was to unite the Meitei tribes of Burma
and establish an independent state of Manipur. However, the movement was

thought to have been suppressed after a fierce clash with Indian security
forces in the mid-1990s.

On 18 September 2005, six separatist rebels were killed in fighting between

the Zomi Revolutionary Army and the Zomi Revolutionary Front in the
Churachandpur District.

On 20 September 2005, 14 Indian soldiers were ambushed and killed by 20

rebels from the Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) terrorist organisation
armed with AK-56 rifles, in the village of Nariang, 22 miles southwest of