Woman shot by Kuki militants succumbs
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 17 2023:
A 39 year old woman who sustained bullet injuries on her back in an indiscriminate firing by Kuki militants at Kangchup succumbed to her injuries this afternoon at RIMS ICU.
The deceased identified as Khwairakpam (Ningol) Laichombam (Ongbi) Ibemcha (39) w/o Tondon of Kangchup Chingkhong sustained bullet injury at Kangchup Chingkhong when heavily armed Kuki militants using sophisticated weapons fired indiscriminately from atop Kangchup hills on November 7 .
During the indiscriminate firing by Kuki militants, Ibemcha sustained bullet injuries along with eight others including two police personnel.
All of them were rushed to RIMS Hospital and Raj Medicity for treatment on the same day around noon.
Ibemcha was operated upon on the same day to remove the bullet that hit her on the back side of her body and was kept in ICU ward, RIMS in serious condition.
She breathed her last at 1.35 pm.
Post mortem was completed this evening.
Meanwhile, a poignant and touching video clip of the deceased woman asking desperately to those helping her if she would survive went viral on social media.
"Am I going to die?" the lady asked those helping her after being hit by the bullet.