A suspected improvised explosive device (IED) blast injures members of the Assam Rifles in Nagaland, with reports varying on the number of fatalities. Multiple outlets say the explosion occurs near Assam Rifles vehicles in Chümoukedima district, close to the Sukhovi area, during the convoy’s return journey from Sukhovi to Dimapur. The Free Press Journal reports five personnel are injured, including an officer, and mentions an initially reported casualty that later coverage describes as one killed and four injured. The Hindu similarly says four others are injured. NDTV and News18 India add that a search operation follows the blast, with security forces combing the area around Sukhovi to identify those responsible. Scroll.in cites the defence public relations officer in Kohima, confirming the explosion’s location near Sukhovi. Deccan Chronicle and Times of India report an Assam Rifles jawan is killed and four are injured, attributing the blast to unidentified assailants and describing the attack as targeting a moving convoy. As of the reporting, no insurgent group claims responsibility, and authorities have not publicly confirmed the device’s exact trigger mechanism.