While one year has passed of the Oting firing incident by the army which left as many as 14 civilians dead , the day was observed by hoisting black flags in many houses in eastern districts of Nagaland and prayers were offered across the state by student organisations .
Besides a music video by Konyak tribe singers and bands was also released as a tribute to those killed at Oting village in Mon district on December 4 last year.
On December 4, 2021 , as per reports six coal miners were killed in a botched army operation while returning from work, and seven others were shot down when angry villagers of Oting village scuffled with the army after discovering the bullet-riddled bodies of the labourers. Again the next day another civilian was killed when a mob attacked an Assam Rifles camp at Mon town.
According to reports the 14 victims who were killed in the firing incident belonged to the Konyak tribe, one of the many tribes of Nagaland.
As the fateful day marks one year, the Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation (ENPO) is hence observing December four and five as ‘Black Day’ in the entire eastern part of the state, according to its president R Tsapikiu Sangtam.
All households in the six eastern districts of state, namely Mon, Tuensang, Longleng, Kiphire, Noklak and Shamator, will hoist black flags on these two days, he had said.
According to an official belonging to the Konyak Students’ Union , black flags were hoisted in the households in Mon district, while its parent body Konyak Union has planned to hold a prayer service on Monday in Mon town, the district headquarters.
The Naga Students Federation (NSF) on Sunday, also held a solemn ceremony to pay homage to those victims who were killed by the army at Oting a year ago.
Gone but always remembered. Oting on the 1st anniversary of the incident that claimed 14 lives & injured many on 4th December 2021. “If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.”
Romans 14:8 NIV pic.twitter.com/gRqLeKsV47— S. Phangnon Konyak (Modi Ka Parivar) (@SPhangnon) December 5, 2022
