From Our Correspondent
Imphal, Oct 19: In yet another incident of ethnic clash in Manipur, one person died and several others sustained injury when an ethnic clash broke out between 2 communities in Thoubal district on Monday.
This has prompted the authorities to impose prohibitory orders in the disturbed affected areas.
According to police, the violence broke out at Khangabok village on Sunday midnight when a group of people pelted stones at a music concert.
This has escalated further where stone-pelting took place between both two communities in Khangabok and neighbouring Sangaiyumpham.
A section of violent people set on fire during the clashes.
Amid the violence, unidentified miscreants opened fire, hitting a person in the head. Identified as Laishram Rakesh, he was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
Several other people sustained minor cut injuries after being hit by stones and were admitted to a hospital for treatment.
Meanwhile, more than 25 houses were set ablaze in separate incidents in Manipur’s Kamjong district during the past 24 hours, with suspected militants targeting both Naga and Kuki inhabitant areas, forcing civilians to flee their homes and take shelter in forests and a nearby security camp.
