Saturday, March 13, 2010

Assam: Cease Fire with Karbis

On 11 February Karbi tribal guerrillas surrendered in Assam, bringing to an end their more than 15-year-old armed struggle for political autonomy. Around 400 militants of the Karbi Longri NC Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF) laid down arms at a formal ceremony in Diphu, some 270 km south of Guwahati. A list of the arms which the KLNLF cadres deposited included 20 AK series assault rifles, 17 AK series rifles, 5 Nos of M-16 series rifles, USG gun – 1, Light Machine Gun - 1, Six Nos of 40 mm gun , One Rifle Launcher, One RPG - 4, SLR- 3, .22 pistol – 2, US Carbine – 1, M- 21 rifle – 4, Stand Carbine – 3, MP- 54, RDX- 500 grams, IID- 2, 3.6. gun- 3, SBBL- 5, DBBL – 2, UBBL 29, 9 mm pistol – 13, .32 pistol – 13, 9380 rounds of bullets, 25 KG- TNT, 14 nos of radio base, Time devise – 2 etc. Karbi Longri NC Hills Liberation Front (KLNLF) claimed that it had only decommissioned its arms conditionally i.e, joint custody.

in reference to: Security-Risks.com Caring for your Safety, Life & Security (view on Google Sidewiki)

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