GOA GOVERNOR SURVIVES BOMB ATTACK AND ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN NAGALAND, GUWAHATI INDIA NEWS HEADLINES: - At least two security personnel were injured Saturday when suspected Naga separatists made an unsuccessful assassination bid on Goa Governor S.C. Jamir who is on a visit to Nagaland, officials said. Jamir, a former chief minister of Nagaland, has survived three earlier assassination attempts. 'The Goa Governor S.C. Jamir's 30-vehicle convoy was on its way from the town of Mokokchung to Dimapur when it came under bomb attack near the village of Changki. Except for two security men who sustained minor injuries, there were no casualties in the attack,' Mokokchung Deputy Commissioner R. Lotha told IANS by telephone.
GOA GOVERNOR SURVIVES INDIA NEWS HEADLINES: - 'A total of five explosions took place, all from improvised explosive devices, as the Goa Governor S.C. Jamir's convoy was negotiating a stretch of the road that was under construction. The bombs were placed on a drain along the road,' Lotha said. 'Mr. Jamir appeared unruffled by the attack and directed his convoy to keep proceeding. Goa Governor S.C. Jamir has since arrived in Dimapur,' Lotha said. Policemen who reached the spot soon after the attack found four live bombs and were in the process of defusing them, the deputy commissioner said. A loaded rifle was also found at the scene. Personnel from the Nagaland Police, Assam Rifles, the India Reserve Battalion and the Central Reserve Police Force started a combing operation in the area to nab the attackers.
However, it is known that the Isac-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) has been a bitter critic of Goa Governor S.C. Jamir. 'We have not yet established the identity of the rebel group which may have carried out the attack,' Lotha said. On his part, Goa Governor S.C. Jamir, one of Nagaland's veteran political leaders, has been advocating the need for unification of all the Naga rebel factions for a lasting solution to the insurgency problem in the State.
