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As of May 2023, according to the chief minister, 2,000 refugees had entered Manipur and were housed in shelters. [85] Other estimates put the number between 5,000 and 10,000. Rumours have circulated that Chin refugees are receiving assistance from Kuki villagers and are helping to enhance the "political clout" of the Kukis. [ 86 ]
The 2023-2024 Manipur violence broke out on 3 May 2023, soon after a protest rally held by the tribal communities of Manipur. Starting out as clashes between the Meitei and Kuki (tribal) communities of Manipur at the border between Churachandpur and Bishnupur districts, the ethnic violence soon spun out of control engulfing the whole state.
A state of 3.2 million people, Manipur has been divided into two ethnic enclaves since the conflict began in May 2023 - a valley controlled by the Meiteis and the Kuki-dominated hills.
The bodies of two women and a child were recovered from the Barak River in Jiribam on Saturday, while the corpses of another woman and two other children were found a day before, India Today reported.
The survivor told the Indian Express that another woman in her fifties was also allegedly stripped, and the father and brother of a 21-year-old woman were killed by the men.
From 3 May 2023, Manipur witnessed an ethnic violence which led to a separation of valley and hill areas with purging of Kukis and Meiteis from respective areas. [23] This marked a new era in Manipur's insurgency where the militant groups of respective ethnic communities witnessed a resurgence in membership.
IMPHAL, India (Reuters) -India's northeastern state of Manipur has been placed on high alert after intelligence reports of a potential influx of 900 suspected Kuki militants from Myanmar, a senior ...
The 2023–2024 Manipur violence between the Meiteis and Kuki-Zo people is said to have started at Kangvai on 3 May 2023. On that day, between 11 am and 1 pm, Kukis held a protest march in the Churachandpur town against the Meitei demand for a Scheduled Tribe status. Kuki-Zo people from all parts of the district, including Kangvai, attended the ...