'Mindless attack' in Manipur very distressing: PM Narendra Modi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condemned the deadly terror attack on Army personnel in Manipur that killed 20 soldiers and left 11 injured.

While expressing his condolences, PM Modi termed the ambush by militants as a 'mindless attack'.

Here's what the prime minister wrote on his Twitter account:

Today’s mindless attack in Manipur is very distressing. I bow to each and every soldier who has sacrificed his life for the Nation. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 4, 2015

At least 20 soldiers were killed when the militants using rocket-propelled grenades(RPG) and automatic weapons ambushed a military convoy in the Chandel district of Manipur.

A team of 6 Dogra Regiment was on a road opening patrol (ROP) as part of its daily routine along Tengnoupal-New Samtal road, about 80 km from Imphal, when it was attacked by an unidentified insurgent outfit first with a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED), a police official said in Imphal.

After the IED blast, the insurgents resorted to heavy firing at the convoy of four Army vehicles with RPGs and automatic weapons, Army sources said in Delhi.

A suspected insurgent was also killed, police said.

Meanwhile, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar also condemned the deadly terror attack.

He asserted that those who committed this "cowardly act" will be brought to book, a Defence Ministry statement said.