The state NPP on Monday condemned the killing of 13 civilians by security forces in Nagaland’s Mon district and demanded that the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, or AFSPA, be repealed.

“The recent incident of ambush by security forces, leading to the massacre of 13 innocent unarmed civilians near Oting village in Mon district of Nagaland paints an atrocious, heart-breaking picture,” the state party president Mutchu Mithi said in a press release.

The state NPP expressed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and demanded that the perpetrators be brought to justice as soon as possible.

“This is a stark reminder of how armed forces have with impunity misused AFSPA as a repressive tool to enforce a reign of systemic widespread terror on citizens of NE, disrupting every peace process. AFSPA must be repealed,” Mithi said.

The Tirap Changlang Longding Peoples Forum (TCLPF) also condemned security forces in Nagaland for shooting down unarmed civilians.

“The security personnel responsible for the heinous crime must be brought to justice and punished as per the law,” the forum said in a release.

It urged the federal government to provide ex gratia relief to the victims’ relatives as well as additional compensatory measures.

Members of the forum and residents of the three districts offered heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and prayed for the injured to recover quickly.

Wancho Students’ Union, based in Longding, also expressed shock at the security forces’ killing of civilians and expressed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families.

“Our union strongly condemns the brutality and disproportionate force used by law enforcement authorities, which led to the loss of many innocent lives and we demand that those responsible for such atrocities be held accountable under law,” the union said in a release.

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