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NIA Links Foreign Nationals Arrested in India to Myanmar Drone Attack
The agency said the accused trained in drone warfare and helped move drone equipment to Myanmar for ethnic armed groups.
- The National Investigation Agency told a Delhi court that seven foreign nationals arrested in India are linked to a drone attack on a civilian aircraft in Myanmar, with the detainees held in Tihar Jail since April.
- Authorities arrested the six Ukrainians and one American earlier this year after they allegedly entered a border state without permits and crossed into Myanmar to train ethnic armed militias in drone warfare and jamming technology.
- The agency alleged the group targeted a Myanmar National Airlines plane at Myitkyina airport on February 20, with investigators citing incriminating digital evidence including images and voice samples recovered from seized devices.
- Special Judge Prashant Sharma allowed the NIA to interrogate American Matthew Aaron VanDyke and Ukrainian Viktor Kaminskyi inside Tihar Jail to unearth a "larger conspiracy" and gather information about other suspects.
- Investigators claim the militias are "known to support certain proscribed Indian insurgent groups" by supplying weapons and terrorist hardware, activities officials say potentially affect India's national security interests.
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The NIA told a Delhi court that foreign nationals arrested in India were linked to a drone attack on a civilian aircraft in Myanmar. The court allowed the agency to interrogate two accused in prison while the investigation continues.
·Noida, India
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