Violence continues in Manipur; mortars and automatic weapons used
The Hindu
Tension in Churachandpur-Bishnupur districts of Manipur continues as seven more injured in gunfight. Two IRB jawans injured, mortars & automatic weapons used. Inter-district boundary has seen clashes since May 3. 4 from hills & 1 from valley injured in exchange of fire. Police armoury looted & 150 killed, 50,000 displaced since May 3. Indian Army & Central forces deployed, meetings held to control situation.
The situation remained tense in areas bordering the Churachandpur-Bishnupur districts of Manipur for the second consecutive day on Wednesday as seven more persons were injured in a gunfight between two groups. The injured include two Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) jawans, who sustained splinter injuries.
A day ago, two men were killed, and eight others were injured in a fresh round of violence at Khoirentak in the same area.
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A defence source said mortars and automatic weapons were being used by the groups in the hills and valleys to fire at each other. While the hill district of Churachandpur is Kuki-Zo dominated, Bishnupur in the valley is Meitei dominated. The inter-district boundary or the “buffer zone” has seen frequent clashes between the two communities since ethnic violence erupted in the State on May 3.
Four persons from the hills and one person from the valley were injured in the heavy exchange of fire reported on Wednesday.
On August 3, a police armoury was looted in Bishnupur. Since the violence began, more than 4,000 weapons and lakhs of ammunition have been looted from police armouries in Manipur.
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