Nine injured in fresh attack by Kuki militants
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 12 2023:
Despite deployment of security forces in different parts of the State in view of the prevailing conflict situation, nine Meitei civilians sustained bullet injuries when Kuki militants, using sophisticated weapons, attacked civilians at Khamenlok located in the adjoining area of Shantipur hill range under Imphal East district today at around 11 am .
The injured victims have been evacuated from the spot and admitted in Raj Medicity and JNIMS for treatment.
Two of the victims are said to be in critical condition while the others are said to be stable.
Operation has been performed on one of the critically wounded victims while the other was being operated upon at the time of filing this report.
The incident took place at around 11 am when a large number of heavily armed Kuki militants came toward Khamenlok and attacked the civilians who were guarding the village.
On hearing the attack, security personnel deployed in the nearby area retaliated resulting in a gun battle.
A large number of security reinforcements also rushed to the area to bring the situation under control and carried out an area domination exercise.
Taking advantage of hilly terrain and the elevated position, Kuki militants fired upon the security personnel and civilians at regular intervals, and the firing has been reportedly continuing till the time of filing this report.
Sources said that there might be some casualties on the side of Kuki militants and some of the Kuki militants were seen fleeing from the spot.