Manipur 8-Year-Old, Mother Killed After Mob Sets Ambulance On Fire
NDTV
According to police and army sources, the ambulance was transporting the injured boy, who sustained a bullet wound in his head during a shoot-out, to the hospital.
A gunshot wound to the head of an 8-year-old boy with parents on either side of the ethnic divide in Manipur - his tiny body one of three charred inside an ambulance set ablaze - will now join the unforgettable scars of the month-long carnage in the north-eastern state.
The vehicle was set on fire in the Iroisemba area of Imphal West, under the jurisdiction of Lamphel police station, on Sunday. Those dead have been identified as 8-year-old Tonsing Hangsing, his mother Meena Hangsing, and their relative Lydia Lourembam.
According to police and army sources, the ambulance was transporting the injured boy, who sustained a bullet wound in his head during a shoot-out, to the hospital. The family, a Meitei mother married to a Kuki man, and their son were reportedly residing in an Assam Rifles relief camp at Kangchup when the incident occurred.
A senior Assam Rifles officer confirmed the incident and said security has been strengthened in and around the camp where it happened. On Sunday evening, a gunfight started in the area, and despite being in the camp, the child was hit by a bullet.
