Reported Drone Strike on NSCN-K(YA) Camps in Myanmar Kills Five

Overview

• Security and defence outlets report a pre-dawn strike on NSCN-K(YA) positions in Myanmar’s Sagaing Region near the Indo‑Myanmar border that left at least five militants dead.
• A senior NSCN-K(YA) leader was grievously injured in the attack, and three of the dead were reportedly members of his personal security detail.
• Neither New Delhi nor Myanmar’s military has issued an official statement, and security forces operating in the area have declined public comment.
• NSCN-K(YA) condemned what it called Indian drone attacks and alleged two civilian deaths and four injuries in Khenmoi-Loiyi village, a claim not independently verified.
• Analysts and security reporting describe the strike as likely retaliation for recent insurgent attacks, including the October 16 ambush that wounded two Assam Rifles personnel, and as a sign of growing drone-enabled cross‑border counter‑insurgency.