At least five persons, including a tribal song composer and a Village Defence Volunteer, were killed and 20 others injured in Manipur s Bishnupur and Churachandpur districts during the past three days while gunfights between Kukis and Meiteis were still on till Thursday night, officials said.
Firing was continuing in the foothills of Bishnupur and adjoining areas in Churachandpur district till late Thursday evening, after a fresh gunfight between two rival ethnic groups started early morning, police officials said in Imphal.
Officials said two persons died in Meitei-majority Bishnupur district while three died in adjoining Kuki-Zo-dominated Churachandpur district on Thursday
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Imphal, Sep 1 (IANS) At least five persons, including a tribal song composer and a Village Defence Volunteer, were killed and 20 others injured in Manipur's Bishnupur and Churachandpur districts during the past three days while gunfights between Kukis and Meiteis were still on till Thursday night, officials said.