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Schools closed in India's Manipur state after rocket attacks
The conflict has simmered since then, splitting previously cohabitating communities along ethnic lines.
Schools closed in India's Manipur state after rocket attacks
Police personnel and locals stand near the remains of a missile after it struck in Moirang, Manipur, India, September 6, 2024. REUTERS
Schools were ordered to shut in India's northeastern state of Manipur starting today following a rocket attack by suspected Kuki militants in the restive northeastern state.
The attack, which occurred in Bishnupur district yesterday killed a man and injured five others, further escalating tensions in the conflict-ridden Imphal Valley region.
The attacks claimed the life of a 72-year-old man and wounded five others, including a 13-year-old girl, our New Delhi correspondent reports quoting police.
Two rockets were fired, with one hitting Tronglaobi in Bishnupur, damaging two structures, and the second striking the compound of former chief minister Mairembam Koireng's residence in Moirang town, officials said
The rocket attacks came close on the heels of the use of drones to drop crude bombs on people at two nearby places in Imphal West district earlier this week.
This is the first time drones and rockets have been employed in the ongoing ethnic conflict that has left over 200 people dead and displaced nearly 50,000 since violence between the majority Meitei community and the Kuki-Zo tribes erupted in May last year.
The rockets were fired yesterday, the day when thousands of people across five districts of Metei-majority Imphal Valley formed human chains to protest the strikes by militants.
In response to the attacks, the Manipur government announced the closure of schools and heightened security measures, with forces being deployed to the peripheries of valley districts.
"Security forces are on high alert and moving towards the periphery of valley districts, notably on the side Bishnupur bordering Churachandpur, and Imphal West bordering Kangpokpi districts," a central security force official told PTI.
Officials said that the rocket missiles were locally improvised and fired from the Thangjing hill ranges in Churachandpur district.
Following the two attacks within a gap of around 10 hours, all markets and business establishments were shut down in Moirang town and the rest of Bishnupur district and border areas of nearby districts of the state.
Local lawmaker T Shanti and Minister L Sushinro Meitei visited the affected areas to assess the situation.
"The people are clueless now. This is a new form of warfare, for which no one is prepared," a local village volunteer said.
The use of drones as a weapon was first noticed in Manipur on September 1 at Koutruk village in Imphal West district, leaving two persons dead and nine injured.
The Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), an apex body of valley-based civil groups, has declared a "public emergency" across five districts of the Imphal Valley, accusing the government of failing to protect its citizens.
Protests, including human chains involving students and women, were held in several districts condemning the recent attacks.
Police personnel and locals stand near the remains of a missile after it struck in Moirang, Manipur, India, September 6, 2024. REUTERS
Schools were ordered to shut in India's northeastern state of Manipur starting today following a rocket attack by suspected Kuki militants in the restive northeastern state.
The attack, which occurred in Bishnupur district yesterday killed a man and injured five others, further escalating tensions in the conflict-ridden Imphal Valley region.
The attacks claimed the life of a 72-year-old man and wounded five others, including a 13-year-old girl, our New Delhi correspondent reports quoting police.
Two rockets were fired, with one hitting Tronglaobi in Bishnupur, damaging two structures, and the second striking the compound of former chief minister Mairembam Koireng's residence in Moirang town, officials said
The rocket attacks came close on the heels of the use of drones to drop crude bombs on people at two nearby places in Imphal West district earlier this week.
This is the first time drones and rockets have been employed in the ongoing ethnic conflict that has left over 200 people dead and displaced nearly 50,000 since violence between the majority Meitei community and the Kuki-Zo tribes erupted in May last year.
The rockets were fired yesterday, the day when thousands of people across five districts of Metei-majority Imphal Valley formed human chains to protest the strikes by militants.
In response to the attacks, the Manipur government announced the closure of schools and heightened security measures, with forces being deployed to the peripheries of valley districts.
"Security forces are on high alert and moving towards the periphery of valley districts, notably on the side Bishnupur bordering Churachandpur, and Imphal West bordering Kangpokpi districts," a central security force official told PTI.
Officials said that the rocket missiles were locally improvised and fired from the Thangjing hill ranges in Churachandpur district.
Following the two attacks within a gap of around 10 hours, all markets and business establishments were shut down in Moirang town and the rest of Bishnupur district and border areas of nearby districts of the state.
Local lawmaker T Shanti and Minister L Sushinro Meitei visited the affected areas to assess the situation.
"The people are clueless now. This is a new form of warfare, for which no one is prepared," a local village volunteer said.
The use of drones as a weapon was first noticed in Manipur on September 1 at Koutruk village in Imphal West district, leaving two persons dead and nine injured.
The Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), an apex body of valley-based civil groups, has declared a "public emergency" across five districts of the Imphal Valley, accusing the government of failing to protect its citizens.
Protests, including human chains involving students and women, were held in several districts condemning the recent attacks.
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Ethnic violence in India's Manipur escalates, six killed
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 Meitei community and the tribal Kukis have clashed sporadically since last year after a co
Ethnic violence in India's Manipur escalates, six killed
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Sep 07, 2024 20:19
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Sep 07, 2024 20:29
Internally displaced persons (IDPs), who are living in relief camps, react during a protest rally demanding their resettlement in their native places, in Imphal, Manipur, India, August 1, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
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 Meitei community and the tribal Kukis have clashed sporadically since last year after a court ordered the state government to consider extending special economic benefits and quotas in government jobs and education enjoyed by the Kukis to the Meiteis as well.
More than 225 people have been killed and some 60,000 have been displaced.
Saturday's gunfire incident represents the most number of casualties for a single day in the latest spurt of violence that began a week ago. The attacks earlier this week have also seen the use of drones to drop explosive devices in what authorities have called a significant escalation.
Police say they suspect that the drones were used by Kuki militants - a claim denied by Kuki groups.
"Fighting has been going on between armed groups of both the communities since the morning," said Krishna Kumar, deputy commissioner of the state's Jiribam district where the clash occurred.
According to Indian media reports, the civilian was shot dead in his sleep. "He was fired upon in his room itself," Kumar told Reuters, adding that security forces had been deployed to control the situation.
Manipur has ordered all schools in the state to remain shut on Saturday.
A state of 3.2 million people, Manipur has been divided into two ethnic enclaves since the conflict began in May 2023 - a valley controlled by the Meiteis and the Kuki-dominated hills.
The areas are separated by a stretch of no-man's land monitored by federal paramilitary forces.
On Sept. 1, two people were killed and several injured in the valley district of Imphal West. Later in the week, a 78-year-old man was killed and six were injured when a "long-range rocket" was deployed by militants and fell on the house of a former chief minister in the valley's Bishnupur district, police said on Friday.
REUTERS
Published :
Sep 07, 2024 20:19
Updated :
Sep 07, 2024 20:29
Internally displaced persons (IDPs), who are living in relief camps, react during a protest rally demanding their resettlement in their native places, in Imphal, Manipur, India, August 1, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
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 Meitei community and the tribal Kukis have clashed sporadically since last year after a court ordered the state government to consider extending special economic benefits and quotas in government jobs and education enjoyed by the Kukis to the Meiteis as well.
More than 225 people have been killed and some 60,000 have been displaced.
Saturday's gunfire incident represents the most number of casualties for a single day in the latest spurt of violence that began a week ago. The attacks earlier this week have also seen the use of drones to drop explosive devices in what authorities have called a significant escalation.
Police say they suspect that the drones were used by Kuki militants - a claim denied by Kuki groups.
"Fighting has been going on between armed groups of both the communities since the morning," said Krishna Kumar, deputy commissioner of the state's Jiribam district where the clash occurred.
According to Indian media reports, the civilian was shot dead in his sleep. "He was fired upon in his room itself," Kumar told Reuters, adding that security forces had been deployed to control the situation.
Manipur has ordered all schools in the state to remain shut on Saturday.
A state of 3.2 million people, Manipur has been divided into two ethnic enclaves since the conflict began in May 2023 - a valley controlled by the Meiteis and the Kuki-dominated hills.
The areas are separated by a stretch of no-man's land monitored by federal paramilitary forces.
On Sept. 1, two people were killed and several injured in the valley district of Imphal West. Later in the week, a 78-year-old man was killed and six were injured when a "long-range rocket" was deployed by militants and fell on the house of a former chief minister in the valley's Bishnupur district, police said on Friday.
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If Modi tries what Hasina tried in Dhaka - firing live rounds to control insurrections, then they will "lose" Manipur.
No amount of Kashmir style suppression using Indian Army etc. will halt tribal Manipuris, they are a different bunch.
On the minus side however - the numbers for Manipuris is rather small.
In other news, I am hearing from various sources (some legit) that Chinese armed forces have advanced 60 km inside Arunachal Pradesh (disputed territory). Which the video above confirms.
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