Three persons were injured in a gunfight in Manipur’s Kamjong district on Saturday, while two Tangkhul Naga villages were set ablaze amid escalating tensions following a gunfight between armed groups belonging to the Kuki and Naga communities in Chassad, which left a 36-year-old Kuki man dead and four others injured earlier in the day, police said.
Police said no casualties were reported during the arson incident. Three Tangkhul Naga individuals sustained gunshot wounds during the subsequent gunfight. Police identified the injured as T. Chithung of Ningchou, and S. Malung and M. Shithung from Bungpa Khullen.
The attack on a Tangkhul Naga village in Kamjong district was suspected to be in retaliation for the killing of a 36-year-old Kuki man and the injuries sustained by four others on Saturday morning, according to police.
They were taken to Kamjong Hospital, officers said. “The two villages are located near the Indo-Myanmar border, but due to lack of manpower police are yet to reach the spot,” a senior police officer said.
