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Indian soldier 'kills colleagues' Indian soldier 'kills comrades'
(about 6 hours later)
A soldier of India's elite paramilitary force, the Assam Rifles, has shot dead six of his colleagues, a spokesman for the force said. A member of an elite Indian army unit has shot dead six other soldiers in a shooting incident in the north-eastern state of Manipur, the army says.
Major Shamsher Jung said the incident happened at a remote camp of the force in the Ukhrul district in India's north-eastern state of Manipur. The soldier from the Assam Rifles elite paramilitary force shot a comrade dead after an argument, a spokesman said.
The soldier, TS Tangkhul, fled after shooting his colleagues and his whereabouts are not yet known. He said the killer then shot dead five other soldiers who tried to disarm him, before fleeing the scene.
Major Jung said the force has launched a huge manhunt to capture the soldier. Stress is blamed for more than 70 deaths in shooting incidents in India's armed forces since 2001.
The troops of Assam Rifles were manning a road checkpost at Awang Kasom Khullen in Ukhrul district late on Wednesday when TS Tangkhul got into a heated altercation with another soldier. Many members of the security forces are denied leave for long periods during tough counter-insurgency operations.
Tangkhul, who hails from the area, shot dead his colleague and soon found himself surrounded by five soldiers of the unit who tried to disarm him. 'Deadly fire'
Army spokesman Major Shamsher Jung said the latest shooting incident happened at a remote camp in Ukhrul district in Manipur.
Major Jung said the force had launched a huge manhunt to capture the soldier, TS Tangkhul.
The Assam Rifles troops were manning a checkpost on a road at Awang Kasom Khullen in Ukhrul district late on Wednesday when TS Tangkhul got into a heated altercation with another soldier, he said.
Tangkhul, who is from the area, shot dead his colleague and soon found himself surrounded by five soldiers of the unit who tried to disarm him.
"He opened deadly fire and killed all of them," Major Shamsher Jung said."He opened deadly fire and killed all of them," Major Shamsher Jung said.
Stressed Indian soldiers have often shot their senior officers when denied leave for long periods during tough counter-insurgency operations.
They have also shot colleagues during heated arguments.
An air force sergeant shot dead his superior at Kalaikunda airbase in the state of West Bengal in September last year.
More than 70 officers and men have died in such incidents of killings in the Indian defence forces since 2001.