Information About Incident 57780-114522-290199 in South Garo Hills India

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The militant leader, identified as Tusol T Sangma alias Mikjim, was inside the main camp of GNLA's commander in chief' Sohan D Shira when the commandos attacked it at around 11 am resulting in a long gun battle that stretched for several hours.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: GNLA
• Matched District: South Garo Hills
• Actgroup: attack
• Actor: the commandos
• Subject: it at around 11 am resulting in a long gun battle that stretched for several hours

Context

This data was extracted from the following paragraph of the newspaper clippings.

The Shillong Times reports that a senior militant leader ( area commander of West Khasi Hills District) of the Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) outfit was shot dead in an encounter with Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) commandos of Williamnagar and Combat Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) units of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) deep in the jungles of Durama Hills (East Garo Hills) and recovered a huge cache of arms in the morning of September 14. The militant leader, identified as Tusol T Sangma alias Mikjim, was inside the main camp of GNLA s commander in chief Sohan D Shira when the commandos attacked it at around 11 am resulting in a long gun battle that stretched for several hours. One HK rifle with magazine, 2 AK magazine, 2 grenades, 2 pistols and 6 wireless sets have been recovered from the camp area.

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