1996 Dimapur car bombing

1996 assassination attempt in India May 2025 May 2025 1996 Dimapur car bombing the Naga conflict Ara Mile, Dimapur, Nagaland Kihoto Hollohon 25 December 1996 car bomb (remote) 5 The 1996 Dimapur car bombing occurred on 25 December 1996, when the NSCN-IM detonated a powerful car bomb triggered from remote control in the Ara Mile neighbourhood of Dimapur, Nagaland in an attempted assassination on Kihoto Hollohon, the then Minister of Industries & Commerce of Nagaland. Hollohon escaped as he was not in the vehicle. The blast killed his wife, daughter, granddaughter, grandson and one other on the spot.Chandra, Ramesh.: Global Terrorism: Foreign Policy in the New Millennium, 2004. Kalpaz Publications. Delhi.https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/ex-jamir-aide-may-join-rival-camp/cid/846906# Ex-Jamir aide may join rival camp The Telegraph 27 January 2003 9 December 2021 Dholabhai Nishit https://www.burmalink.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Th.-Muivah-3..pdf NAGALAND AND Th. Muivah's terrorist Activities W. Shapwon Heimi August 2005 56 9 December 2021 Incident On 25 December 1996, the NSCN-IM triggered a car bomb from remote control in an assassination attempt on Hollohon and his family while they were returning home from a Christmas service in the Ara Mile neighbourhood of Dimapur. Hollohon escaped as he was not in the vehicle at that time. The vehicle, a Maruti Suzuki Gypsy, in which his wife Vitoli, daughter Nishela, grand-daughter Hollotoli and grand-son Ninoto (2 year old) and one other were seated exploded killing everyone on the spot. See also 2004 Dimapur bombings 1991 Lahorijan ambush 2019 Khonsa ambush References Nagaland Category:Failed assassination attempts in India Category:1996 in Nagaland Category:1990s in Nagaland Category:Car and truck bombings in 1996 Category:1996 mass murders Category:Car and truck bombings in India Category:Terrorist incidents in India in 1996 Category:December 1996 in India Category:December 1996 crimes Category:20th-century mass murders in India Category:Family murders Car bombing, 1996 Category:1996 murders in India Category:Crime in Nagaland