Three Army personnel suffered minor injuries when members of the proscribed ULFA(I) fired at the security force's camp in Kakopathar area in Assam's Tinsukia district early on Friday, officials said.

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that ULFA(I) and other groups, ''controlled from Myanmar'', are making ''coordinated attempts'' to carry out such attacks.

"Around 12.30 am, unidentified terrorists fired at the Kakopathar Company location from a moving vehicle. The troops on duty retaliated immediately and effectively took caution to avoid collateral damage to civilian houses in the vicinity," a defence spokesperson said.

He said the terrorists fled the spot after "carrying out speculative firing using automatic weapons" due to retaliation by the Army personnel.

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