By PTI
IMPHAL: Unidentified gunmen fired with out provocation at Haraothel village in Kangpokpi district of Manipur on Thursday morning, sources stated.
Security forces returned the fireplace and the shootout has now stopped, they stated.
“Unprovoked firing by gunmen in Haraothel village commenced at around 5.45 am. Assam Rifles troops retaliated and the firing stopped. Operations are underway,” a supply within the safety forces stated.
More than 100 individuals have misplaced their lives within the ethnic violence between Meitei and Kuki communities within the northeastern state to this point.
Clashes first broke out on May 3 after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised within the hill districts to protest towards the Meitei neighborhood’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) standing.
Meiteis account for about 53 per cent of Manipur’s inhabitants and reside largely within the Imphal Valley.
Tribals, Nagas and Kukis represent one other 40 per cent of the inhabitants and reside within the hill districts.
IMPHAL: Unidentified gunmen fired with out provocation at Haraothel village in Kangpokpi district of Manipur on Thursday morning, sources stated.
Security forces returned the fireplace and the shootout has now stopped, they stated.
“Unprovoked firing by gunmen in Haraothel village commenced at around 5.45 am. Assam Rifles troops retaliated and the firing stopped. Operations are underway,” a supply within the safety forces stated.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
More than 100 individuals have misplaced their lives within the ethnic violence between Meitei and Kuki communities within the northeastern state to this point.
Clashes first broke out on May 3 after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised within the hill districts to protest towards the Meitei neighborhood’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) standing.
Meiteis account for about 53 per cent of Manipur’s inhabitants and reside largely within the Imphal Valley.
Tribals, Nagas and Kukis represent one other 40 per cent of the inhabitants and reside within the hill districts.
