Girl student injured in Kuki attack
Source: Chronicle News Service
Bishnupur, July 30 2023:
A girl student was injured when armed Kuki militants resorted to firing at Kwakta Sabal Leikai which has mixed population of Meitei and Meitei Pangals (Manipuri Muslims), on Sunday.
The injured girl has been identified as Anima (ll), d/o Md Hassan, a class III student of Radiant Public School, Kwakta.
She received bullet injury on her right shoulder.
She was provided first aid at Kwakta PHC and later taken to Bishnupur district hospital.
From there she has been referred to Raj Medicity as the bullet is still stuck in her body.
According to reports, the armed Kuki militants started attacking the Meitei village in Kwakta using bombs and guns.
The volunteers guarding the village along with the security forces also retaliated.
The gun battle which started from 11:30 pm of Saturday lasted till Sunday morning.
During the gun fire, Anima who was washing dishes got hit on *her right shoulder.
Kwakta village has been in the intermittent cross-firing of Kuki and Meeteis for the past three days.
Firing between armed Kukis and Meiteis at regular intervals near Kwakta village forced a number of Muslim inhabitants of the area to remain at their homes.