1996 Dimapur car bombing | |
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Part of the Ethnic conflict in Nagaland | |
Location | Ara Mile, Dimapur, Nagaland |
Date | 25 December 1996 |
Target | Kihoto Hollohon |
Attack type | car bomb (remote) |
Deaths | 5 |
The 1996 Dimapur car bombing occurred on 25 December 1996, when the NSCN-IM detonated a powerful car bomb triggered from remote control in the Ara Mile neighbourhood of Dimapur, Nagaland in an attempted assassination on Kihoto Hollohon, the then Minister of Industries & Commerce of Nagaland. Hollohon escaped as he was not in the vehicle. The blast killed his wife, daughter, granddaughter, grandson and one other on the spot. [1] [2] [3]
On 25 December 1996, the NSCN-IM triggered a car bomb from remote control in an assassination attempt on Hollohon and his family while they were returning home from a Christmas service in the Ara Mile neighbourhood of Dimapur.
Hollohon escaped as he was not in the vehicle at that time. The vehicle, a Maruti Suzuki Gypsy, in which his wife Vitoli, daughter Nishela, grand-daughter Hollotoli and grand-son Ninoto (2 year old) and one other were seated exploded killing everyone on the spot. [3]
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