NSF condemns
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Our Correspondent
SENAPATI, May 15: The apex body of the Naga students based in Kohima, the Naga Students Federation (NSF) has strongly condemned cases of abduction of civilians and the recent incidents of ambush in Kangpokpi and Joujangtek which killed four persons and injured several others.
The Kangpokpi ambush on May 13 killed three Church leaders, Rev V Sitlhou, former general secretary of the Manipur Baptist Convention, Pastor Kaigoulun Lhouvum and Pastor Paogoulen Sitlhou, and injured five others.
The ambush at Joujangtek, Noney on May 13 killed one Wilson Thanga and injured two others.
The NSF, in its statement, said it condemns the incidents of ambush and killing civilians including Church leaders in the strongest terms.
While peace remains as a core concern for the Nagas, the indiscriminate incidents of killings and abduction by the aggressors upon innocent civilians has liquidated all sense of humanity, it stated.
It questioned the continued "inaction" of both the State and Central Government despite recurring attacks on civilians.
While two men and twelve women hostages have been reportedly released, several others are being hostages and not released yet, it said, demanding "unconditional and immediate release of all the Naga hostages unharmed".
"No act of hostility can intimidate the Nagas." Any provocation or attack against one Naga shall be understood as an attack against all Nagas. "We stand together as one people, rooted in our ancestral land, united in our rights and identity," NSF stated.
SENAPATI, May 15: The apex body of the Naga students based in Kohima, the Naga Students Federation (NSF) has strongly condemned cases of abduction of civilians and the recent incidents of ambush in Kangpokpi and Joujangtek which killed four persons and injured several others.
The Kangpokpi ambush on May 13 killed three Church leaders, Rev V Sitlhou, former general secretary of the Manipur Baptist Convention, Pastor Kaigoulun Lhouvum and Pastor Paogoulen Sitlhou, and injured five others.
The ambush at Joujangtek, Noney on May 13 killed one Wilson Thanga and injured two others.
The NSF, in its statement, said it condemns the incidents of ambush and killing civilians including Church leaders in the strongest terms.
While peace remains as a core concern for the Nagas, the indiscriminate incidents of killings and abduction by the aggressors upon innocent civilians has liquidated all sense of humanity, it stated.
It questioned the continued "inaction" of both the State and Central Government despite recurring attacks on civilians.
While two men and twelve women hostages have been reportedly released, several others are being hostages and not released yet, it said, demanding "unconditional and immediate release of all the Naga hostages unharmed".
"No act of hostility can intimidate the Nagas." Any provocation or attack against one Naga shall be understood as an attack against all Nagas. "We stand together as one people, rooted in our ancestral land, united in our rights and identity," NSF stated.