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Guwahati, November 20 : One person was killed and another injured in a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion in Manipur on Sunday morning, police said.
The IED went off at Chingamathak area in Imphal West district, few metres away from an Assam Rifles camp.
Police said that the blast occurred at around 8 am.
"The IED was planted by suspected militants," a top police official said.
The deceased person is yet to be identified but stated to be a non-Manipuri.
The injured person had rushed to nearest hospital.
Top police and army officials had rushed to the area and launched operation to nab the militants who behind the blast.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
