A fact-finding mission by the Ukhrul District Working Journalists’ Association (UDWJA) has uncovered alarming evidence of an alleged coordinated cross-border militant attack from Myanmar that ravaged three Naga villages in Kamjong district, exposing serious lapses in border security along the Indo-Myanmar frontier. The UDWJA team visited Namlee, Wanglee, and Z. Choro villages on May 8, a day after heavily armed militants reportedly crossed the international border and launched simultaneous attacks on these frontier settlements in the early hours of May 7. According to villagers and survivors, the attack began around 4 am when a large group of armed militants entered from the Myanmar side, surrounded the villages, and opened heavy gunfire from multiple directions. Explosives and bomb attacks were also allegedly used, forcing residents to flee into nearby forests and hills in panic.
By sunrise, at least 22 houses and shops had been burned to the ground. Several vehicles were destroyed, valuables looted, and many families displaced. A woman survivor told the UDWJA team that militants entered her home and forced her and her husband to a nearby church. “They said they came to take revenge for their comrades,” she said, adding that the attackers identified themselves as members of KNA-B and were carrying sophisticated weapons. “My house was burned before my eyes. I could only save my Bible and the clothes I was wearing,” she added. Another resident, Eno Phungreing Ansari, alleged that the attackers infiltrated from across the Myanmar border and carried out coordinated assaults using firearms and explosives.
Villagers further claimed that militants looted vehicles, fuel, electronic items, cash, and motorcycles before retreating back towards Myanmar. One of the most serious concerns raised during the fact-finding mission was the alleged lack of timely security response despite hours of continuous firing. Residents said an Assam Rifles post at Aloyo is located just minutes from Choro village, yet no personnel reportedly arrived while the attack continued from around 4 am to nearly 7 am. Kamjong Police confirmed that a suo motu FIR has been registered, stating that suspected KNA-B militants crossed the Indo-Myanmar border and carried out attacks using sophisticated weapons, explosives, and even drone-based bomb drops.
The findings of the UDWJA team have intensified demands for an independent investigation into what villagers described as an act of “foreign aggression” on Indian soil. The incident has also raised serious concerns over border surveillance, intelligence failure, and the vulnerability of remote villages along the Indo-Myanmar border.
