Six people, including one civilian, were killed as fresh violence broke out between two warring ethnic communities in the northeast Indian state of Manipur on Saturday, authorities said. The majority

Five people were killed in fresh violence in Manipur's Jiribam district on Saturday, police said. According to police, militants entered the house of a person who lived alone at an isolated location around 5 km from the district headquarters and shot him dead in his sleep.

Manipur, a state of 3.2 million people, has been split into two ethnic enclaves since the battle started in May 2023: the Kuki-dominated mountains and the Meitei-controlled valleys. A section of no-man's land kept under observation by government paramilitary soldiers divides the areas.

Five persons were killed in fresh violence in Manipur’s Jiribam, where a gunfight was reported between two parties after a senior citizen was shot dead on Saturday

This came a day after an elderly man was killed and six others injured in a rocket attack by suspected Kuki militants in Bishnupur district.

The latest violence occurred in the villages of Serou, Moljol, Rashidpur, and Nungchappi in Jiribam district, near southern Assam, with intermittent firing continuing until 10 a.m. on Saturday.

Violence continued in strife-torn Manipur for the second day on Saturday after an elderly Meitei community resident was killed and in ‘retaliation’ four Kuki militants were gunned down in

Fresh clashes in India’s strife-addled northeast killed at least five people yesterday, a local government official said, hours after a rocket bombardment prompted authorities

The violence between the Meitei and Kukis has killed 225 and displaced 60,000 since last year, in a state of 3.2 million.

According to India police, new fighting between two rival ethnic groups in the northeast state of Manipur resulted in the deaths of six persons, including one civilian. Following a court decision for

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.