Mizoram (Insurgency North East): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2006

According to Assam Tribune, the Former Undergrounds Welfare Association has threatened to stage an indefinite economic blockade on the Aizawl-Silchar highway from February 27 unless the State Government makes a move to solve the Mizoram-Assam border dispute. V Laichhinga, general secretary of the association, said at a press conference on January 6, "We had submitted a memorandum to the President of India in September last year to constitute a three-member border commission. We had also urged the Mizoram Chief Minister to initiate a CM-level talk with Assam on the border dispute, but no action has been taken till today." He added that three incidents where Mizos were the victims had already occurred in recent times due to the Mizoram Government’s negligence in looking into the border issue. Read less...

Suspected Bru Liberation Front of Mizoram (BLFM) militants attacked a Mizoram Armed Police outpost with automatic weapons at New Kawnpui in the Mamit district on January 11, according to Telegraph. The militants escaped after police opened retaliatory fire. Read less...

According to a delayed report in Telegraph, the Bru Liberation Front of Mizoram (BLFM) served an extortion demand of Rupees 50,000 on Bungthuam High School headmaster Lalfelkima on January 17. Meanwhile, the Mizo Zirlai Pawl (Mizo Students Union) of Bungthuam village, reacting to the incident, has issued a statement threatening the Bru tribals in general and the militants in particular. Read less...