Manipur tense again as fresh violence kills 3

In a fresh violence reported from Manipur, three people have been killed by unidentified men in Bishnupur early on Saturday morning. According to the sources, the incident happened at around 2 am Ukha Tampak locality in the district.

The villagers informed that two men, father and son and another man from adjoining house in the village were unarmed while they were guarding their houses. Some people came and started firing indiscriminately, they said.

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The incident has caused great concern for the police as the accused were able to breach the buffer zone (a neutral area serving to separate hostile forces or nations), between hills and valleys, manned by security officials.

Notably, on May 3, 2023, ethnoreligious violence erupted in India’s north-eastern state of Manipur between the Meitei people, a majority that lives in the Imphal Valley, and the Kuki tribal community from the surrounding hills. As of 29 July, 181 people have been killed in the violence and many people have been displaced.