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Manipur: At least three persons were killed in fresh wave of violence that was reported from Manipur’s Jiribam district. The killings were reported a day after militants in Manipur fired rockets at two spots in Bishnupur, killing an elderly man and injuring five others.
An officer of a security force posted in Manipur said the number of casualties could increase. “The gunfight started in the morning after militants entered a village and killed a man. The killing was part of the ethnic clashes. The gunfight is on. We have reports that the ones who died are from both Kuki and Meitei communities.”
While ethnic clashes have roiled Manipur for the last one and a half years, the situation has been extreme tense in the last 5 days after another wave of violence.
On Friday night, hours after the elderly man was killed in Bishnupur, mobs in Imphal attempted to loot weapons from the headquarters of the 2 Manipur Rifles and 7 Manipur Rifles. The security forces foiled their attempts.
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