NEW DELHI, Apr 2 (PTI): Manipur continues to be the hot bed of insurgency followed by Assam as 150 violent incidents have been reported in the two states in last three months, claiming 100 lives.
Those killed included 77 extremists, 20 civilians and three security force personnel, according to Home Ministry.
Altogether, 105 people were killed in six Northeastern states -- Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh -- till last month in 174 incidents. Mizoram had no major insurgency and was comparatively a peaceful state.
In 2009, 435 people, including 81 civilians and 336 militants, were killed in 659 incidents in Manipur while 368 people, including 152 civilians, were killed in 424 incidents in Assam.
517 people, including 364 extremists, were killed in 2008 in Manipur while 373 people, which include 245 civilians, lost their lives in Assam in the same year.
