Guwahati : At least three persons including two Naga militants were killed in a factional clash between two groups of NSCN-IM and NSCN-U in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tirap district.

The incident was took place at Namsang village near Deomali area on the wee hours of Thursday.

According to the reports, an armed group of NSCN-IM led by self styled Captain Victor Tangkhul had attacked at a camp of NSCN-U.

During the gun battle between both the Naga outfit groups two NSCN-U militants and a civilian were killed.

Among the deceased one militant was identified as self styled Captain Rusam Geoang and the civilian identified as Rafal Ali.

The NSCN-IM militant group had took away the weapons of NSCN-U.

A top police source said that, the NSCN-U group had kidnapped the civilian and taken shelter at the area.

(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)