Security personnel rushed to the area after the incident, amidst fears about the escalation of the situation. The KNA is the armed group of the Kuki National Organisation. It is one of around 25 Kuki rebel groups that signed the suspension of operations agreement with the central government earlier.Manipur has been under President’s rule since February this year but sporadic incidents of violence have continued.The All India Trinamool Congress slammed the central government on the Manipur situation. “…Manipur didn’t fall apart on its own. Delhi broke it. And now Delhi looks away. No amount of PR can whitewash this blood,” the party posted on X after Monday’s killings.Meanwhile, the leaders of three Imphal Valley-based organisations — All Manipur United Clubs’ Organisation, Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity and Federation of Civil Society Organisations — held a meeting with officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs in New Delhi on June 30.The issues on the agenda included the reopening of highways, security of farmers and their agricultural lands, and the resettlement and rehabilitation of displaced people.The ethnic conflict between Meiteis and Kukis, which broke out on May 3, 2023, had left over 250 people dead and some 60,000 others displaced.
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