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Al Jazeera Staff

What has spurred ethnic violence in India’s Manipur?

Smoke billows from a house allegedly burned by the Meitei community, who are demanding inclusion under the Scheduled Tribe category in the Churachandpur district of India's Manipur state, on May 3, 2023 [AFP]

At least 54 people have reportedly been killed and some 23,000 people displaced, most of them sheltering in army camps, in ethnic violence in India’s northeastern state of Manipur, according to military officials.

On Sunday, the army said it had “significantly enhanced” its surveillance in violence-affected areas, including the Imphal Valley, through aerial means such as drones and the deployment of military helicopters.

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