<p>Suspected militants attacked an Assam Rifles vehicle escorting tourists, killing two personnel and injuring several others near the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Militants lobbed several grenades targeting the vehicle at Jagun 12th Mile Barabasti on NH-53 bordering Assam's Tinsukia district in the run up to Republic Day, a defence spokesman told PTI.<br /><br />The security personnel retaliated and an encounter followed with sporadic firing still continuing.<br /><br />The Assam Rifles vehicle and three vehicles of tourists returning from the Pangsau festival have been damaged in grenade explosions, the spokesman said.<br /><br />The entire area has been cordoned off with combing operations stepped up in the area and tourists are stranded along the highway.<br /><br />The Pangsau Festival is held along the Indo-Myanmar border in the area. <br /></p>
<p>Suspected militants attacked an Assam Rifles vehicle escorting tourists, killing two personnel and injuring several others near the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Militants lobbed several grenades targeting the vehicle at Jagun 12th Mile Barabasti on NH-53 bordering Assam's Tinsukia district in the run up to Republic Day, a defence spokesman told PTI.<br /><br />The security personnel retaliated and an encounter followed with sporadic firing still continuing.<br /><br />The Assam Rifles vehicle and three vehicles of tourists returning from the Pangsau festival have been damaged in grenade explosions, the spokesman said.<br /><br />The entire area has been cordoned off with combing operations stepped up in the area and tourists are stranded along the highway.<br /><br />The Pangsau Festival is held along the Indo-Myanmar border in the area. <br /></p>