Two injured in attack by Kuki militants
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, May 21 2023:
At least two youths have been injured and hospi-talised after a group of armed persons suspected to be Kuki militants opened fire on a group of locals of Moidangpok village, Imphal West, who were keeping vigil on Sunday night around 10.30 .
Source said that army per-sonnel carried out an area sa-nitisation operation in late af-ternoon after reports of armed Kuki militants entering the area.
The army team found barbed wire of a farm cut but could not find any militants.
However, later in the eve-ning, there were reports of armed Kuki militants entering the area again following which the localyouths on vigil entered the area for confirmation.
As they neared the spot, they came under attack from the suspected Kuki militants in which Khangembam Kiran (30) and Oinam Deepak (35) suffered bullet injuries.
They have been evacuated to Khumbong primary hospital at the time of filing this report.
Meanwhile, local people decried absence of security personnel in the area despite the armed attack from the Kuki militants and said that they are not feeling secured about their lives anymore.