Rocket Attacks Ignite Fresh Violence in Manipur: 3 Dead, Toll Expected to Rise

Rocket Attacks Ignite Fresh Violence in Manipur: 3 Dead, Toll Expected to Rise

While ethnic clashes have roiled Manipur for the last one and a half years, the situation has been extreme tense in the last 5 days. At least three persons were killed in fresh wave of violence that was reported from Manipur’s Jiribam district. The killings were reported a day after militants in Manipur fired rockets at two spots in Bishnupur, killing an elderly man and injuring five others. An officer of a security force posted in Manipur said the number of casualties could increase. “The gunfight started in the morning…

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