A state official says the militant leader of the Naga tribal insurgency, Isak Chichi Swu, has died in a New Delhi hospital at the age of 87. Swu died before rebel negotiators were able to reach a peace accord with the Indian government. Spokesman K. Mere of the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland confirmed Swu's death Tuesday. Swu was born in Nagaland, near the border with Myanmar, and fought with the insurgency since the mid-1950s for a Naga homeland separate from India. He was in exile when he and other rebel leaders signed a cease-fire with the Indian government in 1997.

Source: Fox News June 28, 2016 13:07 UTC