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Three persons, including an elderly woman, were killed early Friday in Manipurs Kangpokpi district, with villagers alleging that the assailants were dressed in police and IRB (India Reserve Battalion) uniform...
The attack came not long after Kuldiep Singh, security advisor to the Manipur government, said that the state had not seen violence for 48 hours..
Residents of Khoken village, inhabited by Kukis, alleged that armed men came around 4 am and opened fire in the village, staying there for around two hours...
The Kuki-Zo villagers, not suspecting the attackers true identity and assuming it was a combing operation, gave way but were met with automatic rifle fire, resulting in the tragic deaths of villagers, the tribal body said...
Meanwhile, the Central Bureau of Investigation has re-registered six FIRs and set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) under a DIG-rank officer to probe cases related to ethnic violence in Manipur between Meiteis and Kukis that has claimed nearly 100 lives..
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