Guwahati: A low-intensity improvised explosive device (IED) exploded along NH-2 at Khuzama village in Kohima district at around 7.30 am on Wednesday. However, no casualty was reported.Police were yet to ascertain who was behind the blast, what the device contained or what it was targeting. No group has claimed responsibility.CM Neiphiu Rio condemned the blast in a post on X. “I strongly condemn the reported blast at Khuzama, Kohima. Such acts have no place in a civilised society,” he wrote.The CM said the incident “creates fear among our people & threatens peace & harmony”. He added that govt was “seized of the situation” and that all necessary steps were being taken to ensure the safety and security of the people.The blast came months after a more serious attack in the state on July 13, when an Assam Rifles jawan was killed and four others were injured in an IED explosion near Sukhovi in Chumoukedima district.
