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The girl sustained severe abdominal injuries from splinters, one of which, the doctors told ThePrint, was the size of a thumb whereas another measured just five millimetres in diameter...
That is when a bomb dropped right next to me, 22-year-old Watham Sanatombi told ThePrint, recalling the 2 September bomb strike in her village in Manipurs Imphal West district..
Manipur Police claim drones dropped bombs a mix of crude and factory-made ones although not very lethal while security forces maintain there is no evidence to support claims of drone bombing...
The next day, on 2 September, drones allegedly dropped a few more bombs in Koutruk but, by that time, the security forces had taken charge of the area, sources said..
It, however, called attention to an attempt to ambush Kuki-Zo civilians along the Kanggui-Lamka road on 9 September, leading to a heavy exchange of fire between the combined forces of Arambai Tenggol, Valley-Based Insurgent Groups (VBIGs), Meitei state forces, and Kuki-Zo volunteers in Kangchup region near Koutruk village...
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