TUN, NSF call for UN investigation while NBCC urges condemnation of violence and solidarity with affected communities
Multiple Naga organizations have condemned the drone strike on Khenmoi-Loiyi (Khammoi) village under the Eastern Konyak Region on October 20, 2025, which left two civilians dead, including 27-year-old student leader Khampei Wangsa and seven-year-old Phiphot Wangsa, and critically injured several others.
The Tenyimi Union Nagaland (TUN), in a statement issued Thursday, described the strike as “a gross violation of human rights and international humanitarian law,” reportedly “launched from Arunachal Pradesh in India-occupied Nagaland.” The union confirmed that 27-year-old Khampei Wangsa, Joint Secretary of the Khammoi Students’ Union, and seven-year-old Phiphot Wangsa, a student of Khammoi Mission School, were killed. TUN added that several children, elderly people, and women sustained serious injuries, while homes and community property were destroyed.
The union emphasized that the incident reflects the “ongoing illegal occupation of Naga territories by India and Myanmar” and called for international intervention, urging “competent global organisations, including the United Nations, UN Human Rights Council, and the International Criminal Court, to condemn this attack, undertake an independent investigation, and demand accountability from the occupying Indian forces.”
The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) described the incident as a “targeted drone assault” that “abruptly extinguished” the lives of the two civilians, calling it an act that “defies every standard of humanity.”
The NSF highlighted that “the use of combat drones and explosive payloads in civilian-populated areas amounts to a direct violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Geneva Conventions’ prohibition against targeting civilians, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.”
The federation also raised concerns about “a disturbing pattern of militarized suppression, weaponized fear, and systemic impunity under the cover of domestic legislation such as AFSPA.” It reiterated its unwavering demand for the immediate and unconditional repeal of AFSPA in Naga-inhabited areas and announced continued non-cooperation with armed forces “across all federating units and subordinate bodies of the NSF until AFSPA is repealed.”
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The Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) also condemned the drone strike and other incidents of violence, including the October 16 attack on an Assam Rifles post in Arunachal Pradesh by the NSCN/GPRN (Yung Aung group). The NBCC said it was “deeply disturbed” and emphasized that “all parties must respect and value human lives which are created in the image of God.”
The council expressed grief over the deaths of Phiphot Wangsa and Khampei Wangsa, calling the acts “impunity by the Indian armed forces” that bring back “traumatic experiences suffered in the hands of the Indian military since the 1950s.” The NBCC urged Naga national groups to “abandon violence and engage in democratic means and processes to assert the Naga struggle” while appealing to India to uphold its democratic principles.
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The statement concluded with a verse from Proverbs 24:11–12: “Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to death; don’t stand back and let them die… God knows all hearts, and he sees you. He keeps watch over your soul, and he knows you knew! And he will judge all people according to what they have done.”
