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Amrit Dhillon in Delhi

‘Separation is the only answer’: Manipur violence fuels calls for separate state in India

People walk past a burnt vehicle and rubble in Churachandpur in violence-hit areas of the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur on 9 May.
People walk past a burnt vehicle and rubble in Churachandpur in violence-hit areas of the north-eastern Indian state of Manipur on 9 May. Photograph: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images

In towns and villages across India’s north-eastern state of Manipur, some houses have been reduced to ashes while neighbouring properties stand untouched, after an eruption of ethnic violence in which more than 70 were murdered and 30,000 forced to flee.

The bloodshed which began on 3 May has mostly abated, but there is little hope of a swift return to normality.

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