At least four men were killed in fresh round of violence in Manipur on July 2. The police said that three villagers in Bishnupur, adjoining Churachandpur, were killed in an unprovoked attack, and a village volunteer was killed when the Kuki-Zo tribal villages of Langza and Chinglangmei were attacked in retaliation.
Bishnupur Superintendent of Police (SP) Heisnam Balram Singh said that around midnight, bunkers set up by villagers near Khujuma Tabi, a Meitei village, were attacked by armed miscreants.
“Three village guards were killed by the miscreants who are suspected to have come from the hill areas. By the time the police reached the spot, they had left but took vantage positions and an exchange of fire took place,” Mr. Singh told The Hindu. The village runs along the State Highway. Following the incident, a large number of agitated people came out and stormed the nearby Kuki villages of Langza and Chinglangmei in Churachandpur. A village volunteer was killed then.
