- Title: Three killed in fresh violence in India’s Manipur state
- Date: 5th August 2023
- Summary: VARIOUS OF MUTILATED BODIES LYING ON GROUND
- Embargoed: 19th August 2023 07:48
- Keywords: Bishnupur India Kuki Manipur Meitei crime ethnic clashes murder riots violence
- Location: BISHNUPUR, MANIPUR, INDIA
- City: BISHNUPUR, MANIPUR, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA002IN2D5QN
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
Three people were killed and houses set ablaze in fresh violence in India's Manipur, police officials said late on Friday (August 4), as sporadic violence and killings continue in the remote north-eastern state.
The three people killed on Thursday (August 3) night belonged to the majority Metei community in the state's Bishnupur district, a police spokesperson said.
The ongoing violence began on May 3 after a court ordered the state to consider extending special economic benefits and quotas in government jobs and education to the majority Meitei population that up to now have been reserved for the tribal Kuki people.
A spokesperson for a Kuki civil society group said it did not have an immediate comment on the latest killings.
Over 180 people have been killed and thousands have fled their homes, since the violence started in Manipur, a state of 3.2 million that borders Myanmar. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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