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Additionally, the gunmen launched multiple attacks under cover of darkness in the Lamtai Khunou and Modhupur areas.
The incident came after a high-level security meeting to chart out an anti-terror operation plan for the new year to foil the design of terrorists in the region.
Ethnic clashes erupted in the northeastern state on May 3 as members of the majority Meitei ethnic group and minority Kuki tribals fought over sharing government benefits and quotas in jobs and education.
They said one security personnel was injured in the operation.
All victims were either burned, shot or hacked to death. At least 6 people were abducted by the rebels, who fled across the porous border into Congo after the raid on Friday night.
The spokesman said Abu al-Hassan al-Hashemi al-Quraishi was killed while "fighting enemies of God", without elaborating.
With this, the number of ultras killed in the past 24 hours has gone up to seven, police said.
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