1996 Dimapur car bombing

1996 Dimapur car bombing
1996 Dimapur car bombing
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]

Incident

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]

References

^ Chandra, Ramesh.: Global Terrorism: Foreign Policy in the New Millennium, 2004. Kalpaz Publications. Delhi.
^ "Ex-Jamir aide may join rival camp". The Telegraph. 27 January 2003. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b "NAGALAND AND Th. Muivah's terrorist Activities" (PDF). W. Shapwon Heimi. August 2005. p. 56. Retrieved 9 December 2021.

[1] Chandra, Ramesh.: Global Terrorism: Foreign Policy in the New Millennium, 2004. Kalpaz Publications. Delhi.

[2] "Ex-Jamir aide may join rival camp". The Telegraph. 27 January 2003. Retrieved 9 December 2021.

[:0-3] "NAGALAND AND Th. Muivah's terrorist Activities" (PDF). W. Shapwon Heimi. August 2005. p. 56. Retrieved 9 December 2021.

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