Fresh clashes Injure six in Ukhrul district, Manipur

At least six persons were injured after armed cadres from two different communities exchanged fire between Sinakethei and Mullam villages in Manipur’s Ukhrul district on Friday, officials said.

A police official in Imphal stated that further details of the incident in Ukhrul district are still awaited. Of the six injured, three belong to the Kuki community and three to the Naga community.

He added that Mullam village, inhabited by members of the Kuki community, is an isolated settlement in Ukhrul district, surrounded by Naga villages, while



Sinakethei village is located about five kilometres away.

The Mullam village authority, in a statement, alleged that the village came under an armed attack carried out by what it described as “Tangkhul militants”. According to the statement, the villagers faced an extensive armed assault on Friday, reportedly conducted by Tangkhul Naga militants.

The Kuki Women Organisation for Human Rights (KWOHR) strongly and unequivocally condemned what it termed a brutal and unprovoked attack on the peaceful Kuki-inhabited villages of Mullam and Songphel.