"Are We Going To Die...": 9 Injured In Manipur Firing Amid Kidnapping Allegations
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Manipur firing: Alleged disappearances and kidnappings and claims and counter-claims added to tension and a combination of these likely sparked today's incidents, sources said
Nine people were injured in firing at four places in Manipur today, allegedly between two groups amid the heightened ethnic tension in the northeast state bordering Myanmar. Eight of them were injured in firing at a single place. On 07.11.2023, at Kangchup Chingkhong, a Bolero carrying five individuals belonging to Kuki community (2 women and 3 men) en-route from Churachandpur to Leimakhong was confronted by an enraged mob. The mob forcibly took away four of them, while one escaped. One person from the...
The first firing took place between 10.30 am and 11 am in Kangchup village, adjacent to Phayeng village, 15 km from the state capital Imphal, people with direct knowledge of the matter told NDTV on phone from Imphal.
Sources said some people from the valley areas had been searching for two youths - a 16-year-old teen and a 19-year-old youth identified as Ningthoujam Anthony - who went missing on Sunday, an incident that led to fresh protests in Imphal.
