Four people shot dead in Manipur a day after woman's killing

Guwahati: Four Naga people, including two women, were killed in an ambush on Friday allegedly by Kuki militants along the Imphal-Dimapur National Highway (NH-2) in Manipur's Ukhrul district.

A senior police officer said, "The incident took place at New Haven in Litan Police Station area in the hill district of Ukhrul. Security forces have rushed to the spot."

A police official said the two men and two women, who were travelling in two cars, died on the spot following the attack by armed militants. Bullet marks were seen on the windshields of the two vehicles, he said.


Two of the deceased were identified as Haoleila and her son Kapangkhui of Shangshak village. The two others who were killed were August Ngalung and his sister Khanmila, residents of Tashar village.

The incident occurred a day after a 42-year-old Kuki woman was shot dead while two men sustained injuries during a gunfight between rival groups in the neighbouring Senapati district. A Kuki organisation of Ukhrul denied any involvement of the Kuki-Zo community in the killings.

The Kuki CSO Working Committee, Ukhrul, said there should not be any attempt to implicate the community without credible and verifiable evidence.

Congress leader Keisham Meghachandra said: "Five people have been killed in the past 24 hours. When will the people feel secure? When will the government take accountability and responsibility for all these killings?"