A 15-year-old boy was shot dead in Manipur ’s Tamei in Tamenglong district on Monday by unknown armed individuals, police confirmed.
Later, when villagers went towards the spot, the boy was found dead on the roadside. No group has yet taken the responsibility for the incident. In September alone seven Kuki individuals including a couple have been killed by unknown armed individuals in separate attacks.
Villagers reportedly heard around 20 rounds of gunfire from the area at around 10.30am, police said. Since February 7, tensions erupted between Naga and Kuki after a drunk brawl occurred in Litan area of Manipur’s Ukhrul district. Since then more than 35 individuals from both the communities have been killed on several occasions.
The deceased is from Takou village (a Naga village) and he went alone to get some essential food items at Tamei village when he was shot by armed individuals, according to officers. Police said the motive behind the attack is still uncertain and those responsible for the incident are yet to be identified.
Two individuals including a man and a woman were killed earlier in the same attack. On Sunday one woman identified as Neiesther Gangte succumbed to bullet injuries at Churachandpur district during an attack carried out by unknown armed individuals at Longpi village of Tamenglong district.
